E: Method gave invalid 103 Redirect message
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
apt (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Sometimes when running `apt update` or equivalent, the progress stops with error "E: Method gave invalid 103 Redirect message". This seems to happen especially when http::/
Current sources.list on this laptop is below. This happens with other my devices running Ubuntu too which sources.list is https:/
```
# See http://
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb mirror:
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final vivid of the
## distribution.
deb mirror:
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main vivid, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb mirror:
deb mirror:
deb http://
deb-src mirror:
deb-src mirror:
deb-src mirror:
deb-src mirror:
deb-src http://
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://
deb-src http://
# https:/
# sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.
deb http://
deb http://
# Ignore unless you have enabled proposed below
#deb http://
# https:/
#deb mirror:
#deb-src mirror:
```
This has been happening for a long time, possibly years and I was surprised that I wasn't able to find bug report by searching bugs for package "apt" with search term "103" redirect.
I have learned that workaround for this issue is `cd /var/lib/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop:
Date: Tue Jul 28 19:25:58 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-14 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422.1)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.