Activity log for bug #1445239

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2015-04-16 22:24:06 Shahbaz Youssefi bug added bug
2015-04-16 22:24:06 Shahbaz Youssefi attachment added The 0x10000 bytes that repeat indefinitely during apt's update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1445239/+attachment/4377852/+files/apt-error-repeating-bytes
2015-04-17 16:11:42 Shahbaz Youssefi attachment added The 0x10000 bytes repeating data for another case of this error https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1445239/+attachment/4378477/+files/apt-error-repeating-bytes-2
2015-04-20 10:23:19 Launchpad Janitor apt (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2015-04-20 14:44:01 Alberto Salvia Novella apt (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Critical
2015-04-20 14:45:08 Alberto Salvia Novella nominated for series Ubuntu Vivid
2015-04-20 14:47:48 Alberto Salvia Novella bug task added apt
2015-04-20 14:48:50 Alberto Salvia Novella apt (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2015-04-20 14:49:05 Alberto Salvia Novella tags amd64 apport-bug vivid amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream vivid
2015-04-20 14:49:12 Alberto Salvia Novella bug added subscriber Alberto Salvia Novella
2015-04-20 16:44:47 Brian Murray apt (Ubuntu): importance Critical High
2015-04-20 16:51:09 Brian Murray apt (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Confirmed
2015-04-20 17:34:51 Brian Murray bug added subscriber Brian Murray
2015-04-20 17:50:35 Alberto Salvia Novella removed subscriber Alberto Salvia Novella
2015-04-22 20:45:47 Brian Murray apt (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Incomplete
2015-04-30 12:20:03 Andreas Brudin bug added subscriber Andreas Brudin
2015-04-30 22:52:47 Anton Blanchard bug added subscriber Anton Blanchard
2015-05-02 00:16:23 Adam Conrad bug task added apt (Ubuntu Vivid)
2015-05-02 00:16:38 Adam Conrad apt (Ubuntu Vivid): status Incomplete Confirmed
2015-05-02 00:17:01 Adam Conrad bug added subscriber Michael Vogt
2015-05-04 09:37:22 bart bug added subscriber bart
2015-05-06 22:31:38 Brian Murray tags amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream vivid amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream rls-w-incoming vivid
2015-05-13 01:02:17 Anton Blanchard attachment added Don't parse Content-Length if Content-Range has been parsed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1445239/+attachment/4396561/+files/apt-fills-disk.patch
2015-05-13 01:03:02 Adam Conrad apt (Ubuntu): assignee Michael Vogt (mvo)
2015-05-13 01:03:09 Adam Conrad apt (Ubuntu Vivid): assignee Michael Vogt (mvo)
2015-05-13 04:17:27 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream rls-w-incoming vivid amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream patch rls-w-incoming vivid
2015-05-13 04:17:36 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot bug added subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2015-05-22 12:20:59 Michael Vogt apt (Ubuntu): status Confirmed In Progress
2015-05-24 01:49:50 Launchpad Janitor apt (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Released
2015-05-24 13:52:08 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:debian/apt
2015-05-29 15:07:21 Brian Murray removed subscriber Ubuntu Review Team
2015-06-01 17:23:50 David L bug added subscriber David L
2015-06-10 14:37:04 Michael Vogt description Since I upgraded to vivid, apt fills the disk space at /var/lib/apt/lists/partial. This was triggered by the automatic update every day, and as a solution I killed the processes named `http` spawned by apt, and removed the offending file from lists/partial manually. Until now, `apt-get update` and `apt-get upgrade` had been working. However, today, when I tried `apt-get update`, it got stuck in some file, continuously increasing its size when at 100%. I tried inspecting the file to see if there is a repetition of data, and there seems to be, as I have suspected. First of all, the file is it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 this time, but I'm not sure if the previous time it was also this file. I used `tail` and `hexdump` to figure out whether a certain pattern shows up in the file. Here are some examples: $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<bbdf\>' 0000c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0010c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0020c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0030c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<9b95\>' 0000c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0010c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0020c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0030c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<1234\>' 0002630 fd50 b08d 7082 1234 85b3 a61e 2921 e0cd 0012630 fd50 b08d 7082 1234 85b3 a61e 2921 e0cd 0022630 fd50 b08d 7082 1234 85b3 a61e 2921 e0cd $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<76a8\>' 000fa90 747d 76a8 078a 67b6 60d9 83f5 5ff3 787c 001fa90 747d 76a8 078a 67b6 60d9 83f5 5ff3 787c 002fa90 747d 76a8 078a 67b6 60d9 83f5 5ff3 787c As you can see, it seems that after the error, a certain pattern seems to repeat every exactly 0x10000 bytes. I attached a copy of those 0x10000 bytes that keep repeating (from an arbitrary offset). --- $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 $ apt-cache policy apt apt: Installed: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 Candidate: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 Version table: *** 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 0 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status --- Do let me know if I can test further to see what could be wrong. I'll keep an eye next times the behavior repeat to make sure the file is the same / the pattern is the same and I'll report back. If you think the problem could be the Italy server, let me know and I'll try with a different one. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-13.13-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 17 00:04:05 2015 SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-28 (19 days ago) Test case: - there is a artificial test in test/integration now - as this is server side dependent a regression test should be enough Since I upgraded to vivid, apt fills the disk space at /var/lib/apt/lists/partial. This was triggered by the automatic update every day, and as a solution I killed the processes named `http` spawned by apt, and removed the offending file from lists/partial manually. Until now, `apt-get update` and `apt-get upgrade` had been working. However, today, when I tried `apt-get update`, it got stuck in some file, continuously increasing its size when at 100%. I tried inspecting the file to see if there is a repetition of data, and there seems to be, as I have suspected. First of all, the file is it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 this time, but I'm not sure if the previous time it was also this file. I used `tail` and `hexdump` to figure out whether a certain pattern shows up in the file. Here are some examples: $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<bbdf\>' 0000c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0010c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0020c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0030c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<9b95\>' 0000c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0010c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0020c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a 0030c80 8d9e 63ad bbdf 40a7 3f3e 2b4a 9b95 aa5a $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<1234\>' 0002630 fd50 b08d 7082 1234 85b3 a61e 2921 e0cd 0012630 fd50 b08d 7082 1234 85b3 a61e 2921 e0cd 0022630 fd50 b08d 7082 1234 85b3 a61e 2921 e0cd $ tail -c 200000 it.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_vivid_main_binary-i386_Packages.bz2 | hexdump | grep '\<76a8\>' 000fa90 747d 76a8 078a 67b6 60d9 83f5 5ff3 787c 001fa90 747d 76a8 078a 67b6 60d9 83f5 5ff3 787c 002fa90 747d 76a8 078a 67b6 60d9 83f5 5ff3 787c As you can see, it seems that after the error, a certain pattern seems to repeat every exactly 0x10000 bytes. I attached a copy of those 0x10000 bytes that keep repeating (from an arbitrary offset). --- $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 $ apt-cache policy apt apt:   Installed: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4   Candidate: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4   Version table:  *** 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 0         500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status --- Do let me know if I can test further to see what could be wrong. I'll keep an eye next times the behavior repeat to make sure the file is the same / the pattern is the same and I'll report back. If you think the problem could be the Italy server, let me know and I'll try with a different one. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-13.13-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 17 00:04:05 2015 SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-28 (19 days ago)
2015-06-10 14:37:07 Michael Vogt apt (Ubuntu Vivid): status Confirmed In Progress
2015-06-10 14:37:13 Michael Vogt bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2015-06-15 19:56:39 Brian Murray apt (Ubuntu Vivid): status In Progress Fix Committed
2015-06-15 19:56:44 Brian Murray bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2015-06-15 19:56:50 Brian Murray tags amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream patch rls-w-incoming vivid amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream patch rls-w-incoming verification-needed vivid
2015-06-21 07:58:54 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/vivid-proposed/apt
2015-07-01 08:06:35 magowiz bug added subscriber magowiz
2015-07-07 22:51:03 Samuel Echeverry bug added subscriber Samuel Echeverry
2015-07-17 22:31:00 Rafael Jesus Alcantara Perez bug added subscriber Rafael Jesus Alcantara Perez
2015-07-31 14:12:50 Josh Holtrop bug added subscriber Josh Holtrop
2015-08-01 07:36:39 Adam Conrad tags amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream patch rls-w-incoming verification-needed vivid amd64 apport-bug asked-to-upstream patch rls-w-incoming verification-done vivid
2015-08-01 07:37:42 Launchpad Janitor apt (Ubuntu Vivid): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2015-08-01 07:37:46 Adam Conrad removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2015-09-05 16:29:47 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:debian/jessie/apt