Bug#595691: apt stuck! clear out 0 byte files from the mirrors

[jidanni]

Better get those 0 byte files off of the mirrors. Apt is stuck.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595691

That's the only way to get out of this mess without needing to alert
users.

Get rid of the zero byte files on the mirrors, push out a new apt, and
hope nobody notices.

You can bring back the zero byte files weeks later if you insist, but I
wouldn't.



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Bug#595691: apt stuck! clear out 0 byte files from the mirrors

[jidanni]

OK, it seems only debian-multimedia has the problem. I'll tell
maril...@debian.org to please see 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595691 .
P.S., the way the progress messages appear, one cannot tell which server
we are working with, but instead the last transaction completed etc.



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Bug#595691: apt stuck! clear out 0 byte files from the mirrors

[Ferry Toth]

Too late to hope this problem will not be discovered.

There are many 'unofficial' repos out there, that up to now have been
working fine, but now stall updating Squeeze.

And many of us use synaptic or similar, and have no idea why a whole
bunch of Translation files can not be downloaded. Even running apt-get
shows only a Translation file hangs, but not from which server.

I think we need to advertise the fix, maybe on the debian main page?

Ferry

Bug#595691: apt stuck! clear out 0 byte files from the mirrors

[Antoine Yence]

You can bring back the zero byte files weeks later if you insist, but I 
wouldn't.
For unofficial repos, 0 bytes file is much less agressive on the server 
load than a 404 response (and polluting server stats)...
maybe apt should trigger the Translation_xx downloads only if a single 
Translations file is not 0 bytes ?

my humble 2 cents

ps:
option: APT::Acquire::Languages none;
is inefficient , Translation_xx still fetched

option: APT::Acquire::Translation none;
is efficient only if purging previous 
/var/lib/apt/lists/..._i18n_Translation-xx

but still fetching Translation_en and warns :
N: Option 'APT::Acquire::Translation' is deprecated. Please use 
'Acquire::Languages' instead, see 'man 5 apt.conf' for details.




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Bug#595691: apt stuck! clear out 0 byte files from the mirrors

[Kent E. Mathern]

 ps:
 option: APT::Acquire::Languages none;
 is inefficient , Translation_xx still fetched

 option: APT::Acquire::Translation none;
 is efficient only if purging previous
 /var/lib/apt/lists/..._i18n_Translation-xx
 but still fetching Translation_en and warns :
 N: Option 'APT::Acquire::Translation' is deprecated. Please use
 'Acquire::Languages' instead, see 'man 5 apt.conf' for details.

The option that works for me to stop the Translation_xx fetching is
Acquire::Languages none;
{in other words, get rid of that APT:: part}