[Bug 451366] Re: 404 from the archive is not handled well

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Dienstag, den 08.05.2012, 23:42 +0000 schrieb Matthew Paul Thomas: 
> I've written up a first draft of a solution to this.
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#download-failed> In
> brief, when a download fails: First check whether there's an Internet
> connection, and complain about that if necessary. Second, try
> downloading the package list again, and if that fails, complain that the
> software channel is not available. But if it succeeds and the URL has
> changed, try downloading the file again, and if that fails, complain
> specifically that the file is missing.
> 
> Sebastian, does that make sense? The design assumes that the errors will
> be presented by Aptdaemon, not by USC. That cuts out two layers from the
> software stack, making it a little more likely that we might be able to
> get even smarter (e.g. distinguishing between 403 and 404 errors) in
> future.

I am not sure where to place all this logic. Perhaps we need some kind
of high level client / error handler in aptdaemon or move those bits
into software-center, but this would make sharing with update-manager or
any other client harder.

The tough challenge is to integrate the problem notification dialog and
the resolution confirmation dialog into one single dialog.

I will think about it and talk to mvo.

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Title:
  404 from the archive is not handled well

Status in Aptdaemon:
  In Progress
Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “aptdaemon” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: software-center

  When trying to install Pingus from the Ubuntu Software Center It
  downloads to 50% and then gives the following error message:

  Failed to download package files
  Check your internet connection.
  Details
  Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.38/libboost-signals1.38.0_1.38.0-6ubuntu5_i386.deb 404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]


  My internet is working and I have downloaded and installed other
  software succesfully from the software center.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Oct 14 08:20:35 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: software-center 0.4.6
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.39-generic
  SourcePackage: software-center
  Tags:  ubuntu-unr
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686

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