Regarding point #2 in comment #70:
2. Some people had bad files on the local box (through proxy or direct
download) and for them the fix was "sudo mv /var/lib/apt/lists
/var/lib/apt/lists.old ; sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/apt/lists/partial"
The issue of apt creating bad files on disk in /var/lib/apt/lists/ has
been fixed in the quantal release of Ubuntu which will become Ubuntu
12.10. Details regarding the fix appear in this changelog:
apt (0.9.7.5ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low
Merged from lp:~donkult/apt/experimental:
[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc:
- support \n and \r\n line endings in ReadMessages
[ Michael Vogt ]
* lp:~mvo/apt/webserver-simulate-broken-with-fix346386:
- merge fix for LP: #346386
I've tested that version of apt with the dummy-proxy provided by Colin
Watson and I received the following message in a terminal after running
apt-get update:
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not
updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error:
http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were
invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones
used instead.
After this I was able to use apt-get update again without having to
clear the files in /var/lib/apt/lists. You may find some further
information about this bug in bug 346386.
We are currently working on getting this fix into the -proposed
repository for 12.04 and a comment will be added to bug 346386
indicating when it is available and how to test it.
I'll do some further research into update-manager's behavior if there
are bad files in /var/lib/apt/lists and open a new bug as needed. There
are likely some user interface improvements that should be made if index
files are corrupt or fail to download.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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