Public bug reported:
I need to log on through a webpage before I can access the internet on some
networks.
Before that all HTTP requests are forwarded to a log-on page.
When apt-get update is being run in the background before this log-on
has happened, it will corrupt the package lists with this log-on page. I
need to manually remove multiple files in /var/lib/apt/lists/ then
before I can rerun apt-get update.
When apt-get update gets invalid data, it should not corrupt its package
lists.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10
Uname: Linux 3.4.0-rc5-drm-intel-test-20120511 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 18 13:33:45 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120204)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=nl_NL
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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Title:
When connected to a network with a catch-all HTTP filter, apt-get
update corrupts the package lists
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