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and subject line Re: Bug#720345: 'apt-get update' considers connection failures
non-transient
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Package: apt
Version: 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7
If a mirror fails in such a way as to trigger the "Unable to connect" error, it
is not represented as a transient error.
To reproduce, add an unallocated IP to sources.list, e.g.,
deb http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/foo precise dependencies main
for a repo that contains
then run apt-get update:
Ign http://10.26.57.199 precise InRelease
Err http://10.26.57.199 precise Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
Ign http://10.26.57.199 precise Release
Ign http://10.26.57.199 precise/dependencies TranslationIndex
Ign http://10.26.57.199 precise/main TranslationIndex
Err http://10.26.57.199 precise/dependencies amd64 Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
Err http://10.26.57.199 precise/main amd64 Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
Err http://10.26.57.199 precise/dependencies i386 Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
Err http://10.26.57.199 precise/main i386 Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
Err http://10.26.57.199 precise/dependencies Translation-en
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
Err http://10.26.57.199 precise/main Translation-en
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
...
W: Failed to fetch
http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/puppetlabs/dists/precise/Release.gpg Unable to
connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
W: Failed to fetch
http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/puppetlabs/dists/precise/dependencies/binary-amd64/Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
W: Failed to fetch
http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/puppetlabs/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
W: Failed to fetch
http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/puppetlabs/dists/precise/dependencies/binary-i386/Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
W: Failed to fetch
http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/puppetlabs/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
W: Failed to fetch
http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/puppetlabs/dists/precise/dependencies/i18n/Translation-en
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
W: Failed to fetch
http://10.26.57.199/repos/apt/puppetlabs/dists/precise/main/i18n/Translation-en
Unable to connect to 10.26.57.199:http:
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones
used instead.
[[email protected] ~]# echo $?
100
Expected result:
Exit status 0, since this is a transient failure of the host containing that
repo.
http://anonscm.debian.org/loggerhead/apt/apt/debian-squeeze/view/head:/apt-pkg/algorithms.cc#L1495
should write "Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or
old ones used instead." as a warning in that case.
Use case:
I have multiple mirrors of the debian repos used internally. Temporary failure
of a single mirror should not cause 'apt-get update' to fail: that's why I have
multiple mirrors!
Related links:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=906785
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--- Begin Message ---
Closing per information from my previous e-mail.
Kamil
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