Comment 6 for bug 1309658

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 2.3.7

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apt (2.3.7) experimental; urgency=medium

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * Use full item description in broken repo error
  * Store size from volatile sources for already installed versions
  * Restore dpkg::chroot-directory functionality

  [ Dillon Brock ]
  * apt.conf(5): indicate # is also used for comments (LP: #1309658)

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * Check sources.list could be parsed before adding volatile files
    (Closes: #990518)
  * pkgAcqIndex::CommonFailed: Set StatIdle before calling Init()
  * Implement exponential backoff between retries
    - acquire: Automatically reduce select() timeout as needed
    - Properly convert PulseInterval to timeval
    - Add support for a maximum delay and testing of delay
    - tests (retry-downloads): Avoid delay in second test

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:59:39 +0200