Public bug reported: Assuming there is no package server running on `localhost`:
``` $ echo 'deb [trusted=yes] http://localhost:8000/ bogus-test-repo main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/placeholder-test-repo.list ``` and then ``` $ python -c "import apt; c = apt.Cache(); c.update()" Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 575, in update raise FetchFailedException() apt.cache.FetchFailedException ``` and compare with ``` $ sudo apt-get update Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Err:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused) Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://localhost:8000/dists/bogus-test-repo/InRelease Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused) W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. ``` I expected the Python `apt` interface to produce a similar or identical error message. ``` # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 # apt-cache policy python3-apt python3-apt: Installed: 2.4.0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.4.0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.4.0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.3.0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages ``` ** Affects: python-apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to python-apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2047453 Title: Error message missing compared to `apt-get update` Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Assuming there is no package server running on `localhost`: ``` $ echo 'deb [trusted=yes] http://localhost:8000/ bogus-test-repo main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/placeholder-test-repo.list ``` and then ``` $ python -c "import apt; c = apt.Cache(); c.update()" Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 575, in update raise FetchFailedException() apt.cache.FetchFailedException ``` and compare with ``` $ sudo apt-get update Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Ign:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Err:1 http://localhost:8000 bogus-test-repo InRelease Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused) Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch http://localhost:8000/dists/bogus-test-repo/InRelease Could not connect to localhost:8000 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111: Connection refused) W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. ``` I expected the Python `apt` interface to produce a similar or identical error message. ``` # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 # apt-cache policy python3-apt python3-apt: Installed: 2.4.0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2.4.0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2.4.0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.3.0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages ``` To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt/+bug/2047453/+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
