Here we see the effect reading from local wwwoffle on an offline system: # aptitude install ftm Need to get 27.2kB of archives. After unpacking 73.7kB will be used. Get:1 http://debian.linux.org.tw sid/main ftm 0.0.7 [27.2kB] Err http://debian.linux.org.tw sid/main ftm 0.0.7 Error reading from server Remote end closed connection # aptitude install ftm Need to get 27.2kB of archives. After unpacking 73.7kB will be used. Get:1 http://debian.linux.org.tw sid/main ftm 0.0.7 [27.2kB] Fetched 27.2kB in 0s (2411kB/s)
One cannot reproduce it usually without rebooting, as internal buffers filling affect timing issues, etc.
