Aptitude reports "Downloaded 0 bytes in [time] (0 b/s)"

[hexafraction]

Steps to reproduce:

Start aptitude.

Select a package to install. The settings for Aptitude are as follows:

Show download progress in status bar
Do not auto-select recommends

Select a package to install. Press G to head to the preview screen.

Select some recommends to install. Press G to start downloading.

The status bar for download progress will show up and show correct information. All good.

After the download completes, a box will pop up, stating "Downloaded 0 bytes in [time] (0 b/s)" where [time] is correct, but the filesizes are not. You will see that the download size is 0.

Note: This is in Virtualbox, using the alternate CD of 12.04.1. This is probably too minor to be SRUd but it's still a small problem/papercut to me. Virtualbox uses NAT.

Another note: The download speed is properly shown in progress.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: aptitude 0.6.6-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 15 17:04:07 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120822.4)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: aptitude
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu?

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
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Please let us know if you do otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

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Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

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