I guess that's good to know that it does not really work without a release file now anyway, it is a good argument for removing support for such repos completely. I made a plan a year or two ago, but have not acted on it yet :/
Please add a Release file. It gives you download progress, hash checks, and avoids all kinds of tries for files that don't exist. Then sign it so apt can verify it fetched it correctly, which is beneficial even in a trusted environment. -- 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/1750625 Title: update misinterprets 304 response on Packages.gz Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 ii apt 1.2.24 amd64 commandline package manager ii apt-transport-https 1.2.24 amd64 https download transport for APT ii apt-utils 1.2.24 amd64 package management related utility programs ii libapt-inst2.0:amd64 1.2.24 amd64 deb package format runtime library ii libapt-pkg5.0:amd64 1.2.24 amd64 package management runtime library Expected behaviour: If apt-get gets a 304 Not Modified when requesting Packages.gz, it should ignore the package list (i.e., there's no update). Observed behaviour: Added a local repository to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/instafreight_php.list: > deb [arch=amd64 trusted=yes] http://ubuntu/instafreight xenial php The first time running apt-get update succeeds; in addition, apache.log shows: > 10.0.4.72 - - [20/Feb/2018:12:01:39 -0500] "GET /instafreight/dists/xenial/php/binary-amd64/Packages.gz HTTP/1.1" 200 745 "-" "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.2.24)" I am able to install packages from that repo without error. Running apt-get a 2nd time succeeds. apache.log doesn't show a request for Packages.gz Running apt-get a 3rd time, apache.log shows: > 10.0.4.72 - - [20/Feb/2018:12:04:45 -0500] "GET /instafreight/dists/xenial/php/binary-amd64/Packages.gz HTTP/1.1" 304 124 "-" "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (1.2.24)" However, on the console where I ran apt-get, the corresponding output is: > Err:15 http://ubuntu/instafreight xenial/php amd64 Packages > 404 Not Found > ... > E: Failed to fetch http://ubuntu/instafreight/dists/xenial/php/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1750625/+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
