Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in and change the bug status to Confirmed. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1200955 Title: apt-get update fails to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: OS: Ubuntu Release 12.04 (precise) 64-bit, Kernel Linux 3.2.0-49-generic, GNOME 3.4.2 Failure occurs on any ppa I've tested so far. Sample: W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages 403 Forbidden I can successfully ping/resolve ppa.launchpad.net bug: #1185159 Failing to fetch https sources with apt-get update appears to be very similar apt: Installed: 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10 Candidate: 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10 Version table: *** 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1200955/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
