Public bug reported: Seen in a friend's attempt to install dapper; the aptitude command being run was "aptitude -q --without-recommends -y install '~t^ubuntu- standard$|~t^ubuntu-desktop$'":
Oct 10 16:49:50 in-target: Get:257 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main libgnomecanvas2-common 2.14.0-0ubuntu1 [28.2kB] Oct 10 16:49:50 in-target: Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main libgnomecanvas2-common 2.14.0-0ubuntu1 Oct 10 16:49:50 in-target: Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 195.248.90.23 80] [...] Oct 10 17:29:02 in-target: Get:762 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main python2.4-jabber 0.5.0-1ubuntu3 [92.5kB] Oct 10 17:29:03 in-target: Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main python2.4-jabber 0.5.0-1ubuntu3 Oct 10 17:29:03 in-target: Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 195.248.90.23 80] [...] Oct 10 17:47:35 in-target: Get:863 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main python-pisock 0.11.8-17 [31.6kB] Oct 10 17:47:36 in-target: Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main python-pisock 0.11.8-17 Oct 10 17:47:36 in-target: Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 195.248.90.23 80] aptitude then proceeded to silently fail to install those packages and everything that depended on them, which left my friend with an apparently successful install but no gdm. It should possibly have retried the download, and should definitely have failed when it could not download all the items it determined were part of the requested pattern. ** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- doesn't fail when trying to install a pattern but some items fail to install https://launchpad.net/bugs/65293 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
