[Bug 820383] Re: package-data-downloader fails if apt is configured to use an http proxy that only supports package downloading

[ATorre]

Just to show a workaround. It's really *UGLY* but worked for me:

1.- Download manually
http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_xx.x.x.x.orig.tar.gz

2.- Make you root (sudo -i, su -, etc)

3.- Make a backup of /usr/bin/update-notifier/package-data-downloader:
cp /usr/bin/update-notifier/package-data-downloader /usr/bin/update-notifier/package-data-downloader.bak

4.- Edit /usr/bin/update-notifier/package-data-downloader and replace
this line:

dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve(files[i])[0]

by this one:

dest_file = urllib.urlretrieve("/path/to/your/file/adobe-
flashplugin_xx.x.x.x.orig.tar.gz")[0]

5.- Reinstall flashplugin-installer package:
apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer

6.- Recover the original package-data-downloader file:
mv /usr/bin/update-notifier/package-data-downloader.bak /usr/bin/update-notifier/package-data-downloader

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Title:
  package-data-downloader fails if apt is configured to use an http
  proxy that only supports package downloading

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
  Release:	11.10

  ttf-mscorefonts-installer:
    Installato: 3.3ubuntu3
    Candidato:  3.3ubuntu3
    Tabella versione:
   *** 3.3ubuntu3 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/multiverse i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  I have ONLY an apt-proxy defined here

  cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy
  Acquire::http::proxy "http://192.168.100.58:3142/";

  i must temporary move the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy then do a

  sudo dpkg-reconfigure ttf-mscorefonts-installer

  to get the font installer ignore the DEB proxy... and can get the
  fonts via web...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.3ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-generic 3.0.0
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Aug  3 11:06:15 2011
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=it_IT:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-07 (56 days ago)

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