[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

** Bug watch added: ALT Linux #18925 https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18925 ** Also affects: apt (ALT Linux) via https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18925 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.7.23.1ubuntu1 --- apt (0.7.23.1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low [ Matt Zimmerman ] * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc: - Suppress apport reports on dpkg short reads (these I/O errors are not generally indicative of a bug in the packaging) [

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

** Branch linked: lp:~mvo/apt/debian-sid -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.u

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

I couldn't reproduce it with apt 0.7.21ubuntu2~ppa1 anymore and test- building a package with this apt installed in my pbuilder worked also. -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

** Branch linked: lp:~mvo/apt/apt--mvo -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubu

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

I uploaded a package that fixes the problem for me into my PPA - could you please test and give feedback? Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Michael Vogt (mvo) -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

strace output for the crash ** Attachment added: "apt.strace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28621735/apt.strace -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

apt 0.7.21ubuntu1.3 errors out with: E: ReadMessages: read return 0 (buf size: 64000) E: ::ReadMessages returned false - pkgAcquire::Worker::ReadMessages (2 No such file or directory) E: Method http has died unexpectedly! E: Sub-process http exited unexpectedly Trying with pipeline-depth=1 I cou

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

Thanks! I uploaded yet another one that contains more information about the http method. I hope this way we can figure out why its exiting suddenly. Could you please try that too? Does it make a difference if you run: $ sudo apt-get install foo -o Acquire::http::pipeline-depth=1 ? Thanks, Micha

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

And here is apt output for apt 0.7.21ubuntu1.2. The error message is: E: ReadMessages: read return 0 The exit code from apt was 100. ** Attachment added: "apt2.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28601666/apt2.log -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launc

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

Here is the apt output from apt 0.7.21ubuntu1.1. ** Attachment added: "apt.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28601298/apt.log -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubu

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

Could you please please run with: sudo apt-get install foo -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=true -o Debug::acquire::http=true -o Debug::pkgAcquire=true and see what this output before it dies? -- apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385144 You r

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

I uploaded a apt with slightly better debugging output here: https://edge.launchpad.net/~mvo/+archive/ppa?field.name_filter=apt&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=karmic Could you please try that and see if that prints more information before it dies? -- apt-get dies with "E: Met

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

We see this issue while building hardy and jaunty images but we're not building on a tmpfs and we're not using apt-cacher-ng (we're using squid). We don't see any pattern with regards to the number of packages it downloads before failing. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => C

[Bug 385144] Re: apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"

Thanks for your bugreport. I tried to reproduce the problem here but was not successful (I used a pbuilder on tmpfs with a squid proxy). Could you please try to get a apport backtrace of the exiting method? Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- apt-ge