Public bug reported: I maintain an internal repository for wheezy, jessie, trusty, xenial an bionic. With bionic started to see an issue that apt-get update waits for a long time and eventually fails with:
Reading package lists... Done W: Failed to fetch https://my_repo_url/dists/bionic/myrepo/binary-i386/Packages Undetermined Error [IP: 1.2.3.4 443] W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I don't have packages in binary-i386 but I do in binary-amd64. The reason seems to be that Packages file is empty (as created by dpkg- scanpackages), since if I manually add just "#" to the file, updating works again. Empty Packages -file works in previous versions, so this seems to be a regression. ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777438 Title: Empty Packages file breaks apt updating To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1777438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
