Comment 23 for bug 756317

I'm willing to spend some time working on a patch.

Does anybody have an idea where in the code a syntax check should go?

Bryan Harris, PE
Research Engineer
Structures and Materials Evaluation Group
University of Dayton Research Institute
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http://www.udri.udayton.edu/
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On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Monsta <email address hidden> wrote:

> It's problematic for one simple reason: APT ceases to function normally
> until you remove the offending files and update the package index again.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756317
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> Title:
> Captive portals may corrupt apt translation indices
>
> Status in "apt" package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in "apt" package in Debian:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I have an adsl modem which returns an html page if the adsl link is
> broken. This page ends as the content of the apt cache files stored in
> /var/lib/apt/lists, which breaks apt.
>
> The only way to make apt work again is to delete all the files stored
> in /var/lib/apt/lists.
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