[Bug 756317] Re: Captive portals may corrupt apt package lists

[Margarita Manterola]

This is indeed still a bug in 12.04.   When doing an apt-get update
behind a captive portal, the lists files get corrupted and won't be
fixed even after the portal is gone.  The only fix is to remove those
files.

** Summary changed:

- apt broken if cache files are invalid
+ Captive portals may corrupt apt package lists

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Title:
  Captive portals may corrupt apt package lists

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have an adsl modem which returns an html page if the adsl link is
  broken. This page ends as the content of the apt cache files stored in
  /var/lib/apt/lists, which breaks apt.

  The only way to make apt work again is to delete all the files stored
  in /var/lib/apt/lists.

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