apt-get dies with "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (ALT Linux) |
Unknown
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Unknown
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apt
I'm using pbuilder on a tmpfs with apt-cacher-ng to cache the downloaded debs. It worked till now pretty good and fast. But since I'm have a pbuilder for karmic I see regularly "E: Method http has died unexpectedly!" during package download in my pbuilder. It almost always happen around package 22-24.
Retrying the complete build results in the same error, so I've do it manually inside the pbuilder. There it also fails at first with the same error, but restarting the download moves beyond this point (I guess it's because it has the packages till there already downloaded). "apt-get install" just the package it fails on shows also no error.
I've checked the logs of apt-cacher-ng but I don't see there any error messages. My observations may fool me but I got the impression that it only happens when the first 20 packages are really small and already cached by apt-cacher-ng so it can deliver them pretty fast.
Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo) |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Thanks for your bugreport.
I tried to reproduce the problem here but was not successful (I used a pbuilder on tmpfs with a squid proxy). Could you please try to get a apport backtrace of the exiting method?
Thanks,
Michael