[Bug 1751225] Re: apt update hangs when repository url is redirect url

[Brian Murray]

Hello Seyeong, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.2.26 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 on 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,
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fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
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Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
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advance!

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

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial

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Title:
  apt update hangs when repository url is redirect url

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in apt source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in apt source package in Artful:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  When using redirect url on /etc/apt/sources.list

  apt update command hangs

  this is affected with commit
  https://anonscm.debian.org/git/apt/apt.git/commit/?id=dd547ebaffd2aceb42e2908f1d5f0ab386af6cb1

  In my test, moving below[1] code after[2]

  [1]
  ###
  if (ContentLength == 0)
      return true;
  ###
  [2]
  if (Encoding == Closes)
      Encoding = Stream;

  ###

  it worked fine.

  [Test Case]

  echo "deb http://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian stable main" >
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudfoundry-cli.list

  apt update

  [Regression]
  Could cause some other zero-content redirects to break again (seems unlikely...).

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