I've checked just now, and Dapper's apt sends GET <path>, not GET <url>, same as Debian's. I'd be quite surprised if anyone made an explicit change like that anyway.
Do you have apt configured to talk to a proxy via apt.conf perhaps? -- Incompatible with full URL HTTP requests from recent apt versions https://launchpad.net/bugs/46776 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs