running with Debug::Acquire::{gpgv,http}=true, i get something much more interesting:
GET /debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz HTTP/1.1 Host: ftp.se.debian.org Connection: keep-alive If-Modified-Since: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:22:10 GMT User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:09:26 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Unix) Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:55:36 GMT ETag: "18fa4b-582531-42368267ade00" Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Length: 5776689 Expires: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:49:12 GMT Age: 6088 Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=997 Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Type: application/x-gzip Get:4 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid/main Packages [5777kB] 99% [Working]GET /debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz HTTP/1.1 Host: ftp.se.debian.org Connection: keep-alive Range: bytes=5776688- If-Range: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:55:36 GMT User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 99% [4 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers]HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:09:28 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.3 (Unix) Last-Modified: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:55:36 GMT ETag: "18fa4b-582531-42368267ade00" Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Length: 1 Expires: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:49:12 GMT Age: 6091 Content-Range: bytes 5776688-5776688/5776689 Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=996 Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Type: application/x-gzip Get:5 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid/main Packages [5777kB] 99% [5 Packages gzip 0] so it looks like the http method issued a GET request, the server responded with a file that was Content-Length: 5776689, but the agent only downloaded the first 5776688 bytes. so it issued a second GET request saying "give me everything after 5776688", which the server responded with a "okay, uh, here's one byte", and the method seems to hang fetching it. /me continues digging around sean
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