Apt reporting wrong package size for large packages

[Sean Crosby]

Bug #815895 and #250909 deal with the same kind of problem, but in a different manner. #250909 has solved the error of being able to download and install large packages, but during the download there still seems to be a remnant of the error

$ sudo apt-get install matlab-2011b-uomph

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  matlab-2011b-uomph
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,330 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://lai.ph.unimelb.edu.au/ubuntu/ main/main matlab-2011b-uomph all 7.13.0-r2011b-6 [2,330 MB]
75% [1 matlab-2011b-uomph 1,765 MB/18.4 EB 0%] 39.2 MB/s 14s^

Notice how the left percentage is at 75% (which is correct), but the middle percentage is stuck at zero, and it calculates the size as 18.4 EB.

I am unaware of how apt works though. Is the 18.4 EB coming from the server, or is it coming from the apt client itself?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 30 09:38:15 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

Oneiric is no more maintained; and that issue is not known with more recent package