[Bug 1915222] [NEW] InRelease lists files on which apt fails when on local repository

[Thomas]

Public bug reported:

On Focal:

Please verify that
ftp://www.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/dep11/ does not
contain a file called icons-48x48.tar - though the InRelease file
(ftp://www.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/InRelease) lists one.

When the sources.list is configured for http, the missing file is ignored and apt works fine.
When the sources.list is configured for a local folder, apt fails:

Failed to fetch file:/... File not found.
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored ...

Still it is not ignored cause apt now fails to install any new package.

-----------

Note that, in order to test this I setup an apache2 for a local
directory listing. So apt is always accessing the same repository. Once
with http: (which succeeds) and once with file:

-----------

So from my perspective the handling of missing files (from InRelease) is different when using http: and file:
Either apt allows missing files from a local repository, or the InRelease file shall be corrected.


Regards!

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apt

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Title:
  InRelease lists files on which apt fails when on local repository

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Focal:

  Please verify that
  ftp://www.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/dep11/ does not
  contain a file called icons-48x48.tar - though the InRelease file
  (ftp://www.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/InRelease) lists one.

  When the sources.list is configured for http, the missing file is ignored and apt works fine.
  When the sources.list is configured for a local folder, apt fails:

  Failed to fetch file:/... File not found.
  E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored ...

  Still it is not ignored cause apt now fails to install any new
  package.

  -----------

  Note that, in order to test this I setup an apache2 for a local
  directory listing. So apt is always accessing the same repository.
  Once with http: (which succeeds) and once with file:

  -----------

  So from my perspective the handling of missing files (from InRelease) is different when using http: and file:
  Either apt allows missing files from a local repository, or the InRelease file shall be corrected.

  
  Regards!

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