[Bug 1105873] [NEW] apt-get fails to check status of mirrors

Sat Jan 26 09:15:06 UTC 2013

Public bug reported:

apt-get doesn't validate servers, and/or has far to long timeout.
Should seriously do some logic if server, index or other core files is unreachable.

E.g.:

     1	~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-common
     2	Reading package lists...
     3	Building dependency tree...
     4	Reading state information...
     5	The following extra packages will be installed:
     6	  autopoint
     7	The following NEW packages will be installed:
     8	  autopoint gnome-common
     9	0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
    10	Need to get 621 kB of archives.
    11	After this operation, 883 kB of additional disk space will be used.
    12	Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
    13	WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
    14	  autopoint gnome-common
    15	Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
    16   ^CExit code: 130

Warning of line 13 is presumably because auth. can't be downloaded.
Going to line 16 - here it hangs "forever".

As there obviously is other mirrors - these are two bad and confusing
faults.

     1	$ apt-get source gnome-terminal
     2	Reading package lists... Done
     3	Building dependency tree       
     4	Reading state information... Done
     5	NOTICE: 'gnome-terminal' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at:
     6	http://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu
     7	Please use:
     8	bzr branch http://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu
     9	to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package.
    10	Need to get 1,893 kB of source archives.
    11	0% [Connecting to no.archive.ubuntu.com (130.239.18.138)]
    12	...
    13	0% [Waiting for headers]

Hangs on line 11, if you are lucky it enters line 13. Here is a complete
halt.

And: why does it say "Please use: bzr branch http://code.launchpad.net
/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu" when it is a git repo at
git://git.gnome.org/gnome-terminal?

Further (not a bug per se, but still) - Why does it say
"no.archive.ubuntu.com" when it is a Swedish server at the university of
Umeå?

$ dig no.archive.ubuntu.com

; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> no.archive.ubuntu.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 21573
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;no.archive.ubuntu.com.		IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
no.archive.ubuntu.com.	141	IN	CNAME	ftp.acc.umu.se.
ftp.acc.umu.se.		141	IN	A	130.239.18.138
ftp.acc.umu.se.		141	IN	A	130.239.18.137

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	sunic.sunet.se.
umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	ns1.umu.se.
umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	dns.norrnod.se.
umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	ns2.umu.se.

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Sat Jan 26 05:46:56 2013
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 187

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Tags: apt apt-get mirrors

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Title:
  apt-get fails to check status of mirrors

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  apt-get doesn't validate servers, and/or has far to long timeout.
  Should seriously do some logic if server, index or other core files is unreachable.

  E.g.:

       1	~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-common
       2	Reading package lists...
       3	Building dependency tree...
       4	Reading state information...
       5	The following extra packages will be installed:
       6	  autopoint
       7	The following NEW packages will be installed:
       8	  autopoint gnome-common
       9	0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
      10	Need to get 621 kB of archives.
      11	After this operation, 883 kB of additional disk space will be used.
      12	Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
      13	WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
      14	  autopoint gnome-common
      15	Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
      16   ^CExit code: 130

  Warning of line 13 is presumably because auth. can't be downloaded.
  Going to line 16 - here it hangs "forever".

  As there obviously is other mirrors - these are two bad and confusing
  faults.

       1	$ apt-get source gnome-terminal
       2	Reading package lists... Done
       3	Building dependency tree       
       4	Reading state information... Done
       5	NOTICE: 'gnome-terminal' packaging is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at:
       6	http://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu
       7	Please use:
       8	bzr branch http://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu
       9	to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package.
      10	Need to get 1,893 kB of source archives.
      11	0% [Connecting to no.archive.ubuntu.com (130.239.18.138)]
      12	...
      13	0% [Waiting for headers]

  Hangs on line 11, if you are lucky it enters line 13. Here is a
  complete halt.

  And: why does it say "Please use: bzr branch http://code.launchpad.net
  /~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-terminal/ubuntu" when it is a git repo at
  git://git.gnome.org/gnome-terminal?

  Further (not a bug per se, but still) - Why does it say
  "no.archive.ubuntu.com" when it is a Swedish server at the university
  of Umeå?

  $ dig no.archive.ubuntu.com

  ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> no.archive.ubuntu.com
  ;; global options: +cmd
  ;; Got answer:
  ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 21573
  ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 0

  ;; QUESTION SECTION:
  ;no.archive.ubuntu.com.		IN	A

  ;; ANSWER SECTION:
  no.archive.ubuntu.com.	141	IN	CNAME	ftp.acc.umu.se.
  ftp.acc.umu.se.		141	IN	A	130.239.18.138
  ftp.acc.umu.se.		141	IN	A	130.239.18.137

  ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
  umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	sunic.sunet.se.
  umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	ns1.umu.se.
  umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	dns.norrnod.se.
  umu.se.			52338	IN	NS	ns2.umu.se.

  ;; Query time: 1 msec
  ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
  ;; WHEN: Sat Jan 26 05:46:56 2013
  ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 187

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