With the current situation, you do not even have to actively use APT behind such a portal for the bug to be triggered. When my main internet connection was working with such a portal, APT just stopped working seemingly randomly because there apparently is some kind of auto fetch daemon running by default on Ubuntu. I had to delete the contents of that directory very regularly, because APT often wasn't working when I needed it. Of course I would only use APT myself once I verified that my connection was working properly.
And I'm sad to say it, but it seems such portals are very popular in this part of the world :( If this is not going to be fixed for Trusty, at least add a note to the release notes which explains how to disable this automatic fetching of package lists. That would significantly reduce the problem for many people. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756317 Title: Captive portals may corrupt apt translation indices To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/756317/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
