[Bug 1179781] Re: If-Modfied-Since undhandled case causes apt lists corruption with https repositories

[Dave Chiluk]

According to 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=705783
this looks to also be dependent on a required fix in curl.  In order to avoid breaking apt.

http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2013-04/0311.html

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #705783
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=705783

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Title:
  If-Modfied-Since undhandled case causes apt lists corruption with
  https repositories

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “curl” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  Users of apt repositories that use https will occasionally recieve an
  error message and not be able to update properly:

  W: Size of file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/archive.example
  .com_dists_precise_main_binary-amd64_Packages is not what the server
  reported 0 25118

  This should be backported to Ubuntu precise because some companies may
  be delivering their internal apt repositories over SSL for security.

  [Test Case]

  Install apt-transport-https and setup an apt repository delivered over
  https. Do some updates and eventually the above error will happen.

  [Regression Potential]

  I've patched the Ubuntu precise version of apt and found no issues.

  [Other Info]

  This was reported to Debian first and is fixed in Debian unstable:

  http://bugs.debian.org/705648

  The maintainers of apt in Ubuntu have not yet synced this to saucy.

   affects ubuntu/apt

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  pabs

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