Well, it did not fail, it re-used the existing information. Transient network errors do not cause the update to fail, because they are expected to be temporary. It's always been like this. I'm open to possibly changing this, but such a change could cause huge issues.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Low ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1693900 Title: apt-get update should return exit code != 0 on error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1693900/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs