This fundamentally affects apt-get causing a failure of 'update'. When a private repository has been added apt will fail to authenticate to the server using the details in /etc/apt/auth.conf.
The reason is that the netrc code in apt only allocates 64 bytes for the user token: apt-pkg/contrib/netrc.cc::maybe_add_auth() char login[64] = ""; but the token stored in the /etc/apt/auth.conf "login" entry is, in my test-case, 167 bytes. This results in the token being truncated and therefore the authentication fails. ** Patch added: "Precise debdiff - do not truncate auth login token" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1008289/+attachment/3245093/+files/apt_0.8.16%7Eexp12ubuntu10.3%7Etj.debdiff ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Triaged ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Assignee: TJ (intuitivenipple) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008289 Title: "Failed to download repository information" for purchased application Status in Online service used by software center: Fix Released Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Yesterday I purchased BIT.TRIP RUNNER and I ran into several UX problems and bugs: 1) Credit card payment did not work with a mysterious error such as "3DAUTH failed", so I had to pay with PayPal 2) Once the purchase was done, it wasn't at all obvious what the next step was supposed to be. The next day, I figured out that the "Buy" button in the Software Center had now turned into "Install". 3) After a long long time waiting for the apt indexes to update with almost no UI feedback, I got this message: Failed to download repository information Check your Internet connection. W:Failed to fetch https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages The requested URL returned error: 401 , W:Failed to fetch https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa- uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages The requested URL returned error: 401 , E:Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. The repository is configured in /etc/apt/sources.list.d like this: deb https://private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa- uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu precise main #Added by software-center; credentials stored in /etc/apt/auth.conf In /etc/apt/auth.conf, I found these lines (oddly, repeated twice): machine private-ppa.launchpad.net/commercial-ppa-uploaders/bittriprunner/ubuntu login codewiz password PASSWORD_EDITED If I go to the URL with a browser, I cannot authenticate with the provided user and password. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/software-center-agent/+bug/1008289/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
