doesn't fail when trying to install a pattern but some items fail to install
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aptitude (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Seen in a friend's attempt to install dapper; the aptitude command being run was "aptitude -q --without-
Oct 10 16:49:50 in-target: Get:257 http://
Oct 10 16:49:50 in-target: Err http://
Oct 10 16:49:50 in-target: Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
[...]
Oct 10 17:29:02 in-target: Get:762 http://
Oct 10 17:29:03 in-target: Err http://
Oct 10 17:29:03 in-target: Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
[...]
Oct 10 17:47:35 in-target: Get:863 http://
Oct 10 17:47:36 in-target: Err http://
Oct 10 17:47:36 in-target: Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) [IP: 195.248.90.23 80]
aptitude then proceeded to silently fail to install those packages and everything that depended on them, which left my friend with an apparently successful install but no gdm. It should possibly have retried the download, and should definitely have failed when it could not download all the items it determined were part of the requested pattern.
| Sebastian Rode (sebastian-ro-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in aptitude: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Sebastian Rode (sebastian-ro-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in aptitude: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.