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Bug#1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data

Started byJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
First post2025-04-18 09:50 +0200
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  Bug#1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> - 2025-04-18 09:50 +0200
    Bug#1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> - 2025-04-18 11:40 +0200

#390096 — Bug#1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data

FromJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date2025-04-18 09:50 +0200
SubjectBug#1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data
Message-ID<KCOE1-en9q-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
On April 16, 2025 11:23:03 AM GMT+02:00, Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> wrote:
>severity 1078608 serious
>thanks
>
>On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:57:58 +0200 Sven Bartscher <kritzefitz@debian.org> wrote:
>
>> Package: apt
>> Version: 2.9.7
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> for a while I've been having the problem with `apt update` that it
>> pretends to complete successfully, but it didn't actually pull updated
>> index data. I run it like this:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> [sudo] Passwort für sven:
>> OK:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease
>> OK:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease
>> OK:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian experimental InRelease
>> OK:4 https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug testing-debug InRelease
>> OK:5 https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug unstable-debug InRelease
>> OK:6 https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug experimental-debug InRelease
>> Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
>
>I do have the same issue
>
>I enabled debugging in apt (Debug::Acquire::http=true) and I see the following:
>
>> GET /debian/dists/unstable/InRelease HTTP/1.1
>> Host: ftp.be.debian.org
>> Cache-Control: max-age=0
>> Accept: text/*
>> If-Modified-Since: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:18:27 GMT
>> User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (3.0.0)
>
>> Answer for: http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease
>> HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified
>> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:07:23 GMT
>> Server: Apache/2.4.62 (Debian)
>> Last-Modified: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:18:27 GMT
>> ETag: "32185-632e0ee051d8b"
>> Accept-Ranges: bytes
>
>In /var/lib/apt/lists I see
>
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   302323 15 avr 04:01 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   865256 13 avr 04:10 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-all.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   342240  6 avr 21:59 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    46332 13 avr 22:16 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    63450  8 avr 16:18 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   137064  8 avr 16:18 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   230711 13 avr 04:09 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   277653 15 avr 04:01 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_source_Sources
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   205189 16 avr 10:18 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_InRelease
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59849824 15 avr 09:59 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-amd64_Packages
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71261008 15 avr 04:05 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-all.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24680232 15 avr 10:00 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8078991 15 avr 04:10 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3759152 15 avr 04:13 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7713726 15 avr 04:13 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36755629 15 avr 09:58 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_i18n_Translation-en
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15793455 15 avr 04:55 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_i18n_Translation-fr
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62377703 15 avr 09:59 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_source_Sources
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   868454 12 avr 22:04 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1546853  6 avr 21:59 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-all.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   195881 12 avr 04:03 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     5554 13 avr 04:19 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1372 14 mar 03:19 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    28090 14 mar 03:19 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    32203 14 avr 22:07 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_binary-amd64_Packages
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    46620 14 avr 22:08 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_Contents-all.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1983 24 mar 09:04 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_Contents-amd64.lz4
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    38125 15 avr 04:17 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       29  8 jan  2023 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       29  8 jan  2023 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    15272 14 avr 22:07 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_i18n_Translation-en
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    37646 14 avr 22:07 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_source_Sources
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   697879 12 avr 04:02 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   441330 12 avr 22:04 ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_source_Sources
>
>So it seems that the InRelease file was downloaded, but not the rest
>
>If I delete the InRelease file, the other files are being downloaded

What is the Date field in the InRelease file?


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#390103

FromLaurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
Date2025-04-18 11:40 +0200
Message-ID<KCQmu-eopL-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#390096
Le 18/04/25 à 09:43, Julian Andres Klode a écrit :
> On April 16, 2025 11:23:03 AM GMT+02:00, Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org> wrote:
>>> [...]
>> So it seems that the InRelease file was downloaded, but not the rest
>>
>> If I delete the InRelease file, the other files are being downloaded
> What is the Date field in the InRelease file?
>
I didn't write it down, next time I'm facing the issue I'll write that down

Kind regards,

Laurent Bigonville

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