[Bug 822272] Re: Qualitynet mirror serving bad packages

[Julian Andres Klode]

This does not affect python-apt at all, or any other package.
Reassigning to distribution, maybe someone else knows the correct
project to assign to.

** Package changed: python-apt (Ubuntu) => ubuntu

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Title:
  Qualitynet mirror serving bad packages

Status in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have attempted to use Qualitynet
  (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/ubuntu.qualitynet.net-archive) a
  few times over the past week to update Lucid and Natty installations.
  However, I am often getting a "Hash Sum mismatch". The reason is that
  the Qualitynet archive is serving packages with wrong bits. I am
  fairly certain it is not a proxy issue; I have attempted to fetch the
  package through multiple protocols (http, rsync, ftp), and from
  multiple locations where proxies are not involved. I have verified
  this across multiple computers with different NICs.

  Here's an example of a mismatch, verified via MD5 checksums:
  lid at ec:~/tmp$ curl -O "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/smbclient_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb"
    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  100 13.0M  100 13.0M    0     0  3650k      0  0:00:03  0:00:03 --:--:-- 3770k
  lid at ec:~/tmp$ openssl md5 smbclient_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb
  MD5(smbclient_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb)= d241d2abea1311393d7dd5419b2ba057

  lid at ec:~/tmp$ curl -O "http://ubuntu.qualitynet.net/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/smbclient_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb"
    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  100 13.0M  100 13.0M    0     0  2601k      0  0:00:05  0:00:05 --:--:-- 3255k
  lid at ec:~/tmp$ openssl md5 smbclient_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb
  MD5(smbclient_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_i386.deb)= 54db4994c9213248b34602442fba218f

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