There have been quite a lot of changes in xenial and newer to fetching files, so I'm closing this. If anyone can reproduce this in 16.04 or newer, feel free to reopen it or open a new bug.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798023 Title: apt-get update fails with error 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: apt Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com maverick-updates/main i386 Packages 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable [IP: 141.30.13.30 80] Fetched 5,079B in 2s (2,296B/s) W: Failed to fetch http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable [IP: 141.30.13.30 80] E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: apt 0.8.3ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Jun 16 07:56:13 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-get InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/798023/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp