Binary package hint: apt
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
Source package is: apt-0.7.9ubuntu17
I am behind a proxy and apt /usr/lib/apt/methods/http does not use the correct http headers when fetching the .tar.gz file. This seems to be a combination of problems and I am not sure if the proxy is buggy or the originating website is buggy. So instead of getting a gzip file, I get a gunzipped tar file from the proxy when I try to get any source packages.
This subsequently fails checksum.
Can you please apply this patch, it is just one line:
diff -r apt-0.7.9ubuntu17/methods/http.cc ../apt-0.7.9ubuntu17/methods/http.cc
687a688,691
> // generate proper encoding
> if (Itm->Uri.substr(Itm->Uri.length() - 3) == ".gz") {
> strcat(Buf, "Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate\r\n");
> }
It simply adds the correct Accept-Encoding header flag while requesting a .gz file. This fixes my problem and I can do a "apt-get source" from behind a proxy as well.
I am having the same problem using apt-cacher-ng, when trying to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 I get the following:
magicfab@andrea:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Failed Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting 'intrepid.tar.gz'
authenticate 'intrepid.tar.gz' against 'intrepid.
exception from gpg: GnuPG exited non-zero, with code 131072
Debug information:
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir `/tmp/tmp-AFwaU'
gpg: can't open `/tmp/tmp-
gpg: verify signatures failed: file open error
Authentication failed
Authenticating the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the network or with the server.
magicfab@andrea:~$