Thanks for the bugreport and the patch. Given the trivial nature of the patch and that indeed http is used outside of a strict packages context sometimes (e.g. changelogs and in the future potentially more) I applied it to the bzr tree and it will be part of the next upload.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086997 Title: apt-get fails if a package has a space in its Filename To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1086997/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs