Public bug reported: I have a private, GPG-signed repository that I use to distribute pre- packaged software to our servers and workstations. Use of this private repository has been without a hitch for years until now: Attempting to distribute a very large (2.3GB) package file, apt-fails with the following error message:
---------- # apt-get install <package> Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: <package> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 2,224 MB of archives. After this operation, 4,416 MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://<url>/ stable/main <package> amd64 4 [2,224 MB] Fetched 1 B in 38s (0 B/s) Failed to fetch http://[<url-deleted>]/./pool/<package>_4_amd64.deb Size mismatch W: Bizarre Error - File size is not what the server reported 2224455066 18446744071639039386 E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? ---------- The correct file size of the package file is: 2224455066 The entry for this package in the repository's Packages file: ---------- Package: <package> Version: 4 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Michael Peek <p...@nimbios.org> Installed-Size: 4312636 Filename: ./pool/<package>_4_amd64.deb Size: 2224455066 MD5sum: e0daf5d8a6588210f06ddd155a0119ea SHA1: a47121319aa4262ebf6fc9286820a9b78067cc3a SHA256: e38a7f4d5ccce10bd51ea07bc3515c0b35bf57eb80caeea5b19ecdd27f701758 Section: non-free/admin Priority: extra Homepage: <url> Description: <description> <long description> ---------- Note that the size listed in the Packages entry is correct, and corresponds to the first number reported by the "Bizarre Error" warning returned by apt-get. But the second number, 18446744071639039386, is nowhere to be found. The package has been re-built and the repository package files re- generated several times, to no avail. This bug may be related to this one: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=623137 (Apr 17, 2011). NOTE: This bug has been reported before, and reportedly fixed, as bugs #122294 (2007) and #176675 (2009). Since this bug is clearly still happening and is referenced by an upstream Debian bug report I thought I would merely reference the other bugs here and open a new report. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: apt 0.8.13.2ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jul 25 09:15:24 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US: SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/815895 Title: W: Bizarre Error - File size is not what the server reported To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/815895/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs