Heh. This occurred because my machine did an update behind the scenes. I was on a hotel network, but the 24hr subscription had timed out. This means NM thinks I'm still on a valid network, but of course the only thing it can connect to is the hotel's BUY ME page. Every corrupted apt file contains the contents of this hotel page.
So there seems to be several problems here. First, apt should be able to self-correct for busted files. Second, apt should probably ensure that it's talking to a real archive despite the lies of NM. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735491 Title: apt can't recover from file corruptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
