#include <hallo.h>
* Richard Antony Burton [Fri, Mar 10 2006, 10:35:44PM]:
> Package: apt-cacher
> Severity: important

Which version?

> Noticed a lack of cached packages, checked cache directory and found no debs
> older than 7th March. Checked log and found this from the cleanup script:
> Tue Mar  7 06:25:45 
> 2006|CLEANUPREFRESH|EXPIRED|0|ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages.bz2
> Tue Mar  7 06:26:06 
> 2006|CLEANUPREFRESH|EXPIRED|0|ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2
> Tue Mar  7 06:26:27 
> 2006|CLEANUPREFRESH|EXPIRED|0|ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages.bz2
> Tue Mar  7 06:26:48 
> 2006|CLEANUPREFRESH|EXPIRED|0|ftp.nerim.net_debian-marillat_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2
> 
> Appears that it failed to download updated package lists and assumed there 
> were
> no packages available, and so emptied the cache.

Bad. There are checks to prevent exactly this. The only scenario where I
can imagine this happening: 

 - the server delivered empty files with OK status code
 - you have hit a bug in LWP (the file download backend) and it
   propagated the error code incorrectly?

This all should become a little bit more reliable with apt-cacher II.

Eduard.
-- 
Commander Jeffrey David Sinclair: Everyone lies, Michael. The innocent lie
because they don't want to be blamed for something they didn't do and the
guilty lie because they don't have any other choice.
                                                 -- Quotes from Babylon 5 --


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