[Bug 1657567] Re: "Content-Range: */<file size>" on non-416 responses considered invalid

[Chris J Arges]

Hello Julian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.2.20 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  "Content-Range: */<file size>" on non-416 responses considered invalid

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apt source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in apt source package in Yakkety:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  APT only allows Content-Range: */<filesize> to be specified on a 416
  response. Sourceforge sometimes replies with that in a 302 redirect.

  We should probably just accept and silently ignore that content-range
  field for other values.

  [Impact]
  Issue breaks and other services that respond with a Content-Range header in a 302 redirect, or any non 416 one.

  [Test Case]
  Run

  /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file -o debug::acquire::http=1
  http://www.jak-software.de/lp1657567 ubuntu.iso

  Before:

  E: Failed to fetch http://www.jak-software.de/lp1657567  The HTTP
  server sent an invalid Content-Range header Bad header data

  After:

  Redirect is followed successfully and a zesty live image is being
  downloaded.

  [Regression Potential]
  None

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