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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Michael, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into lucid-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.7.25.3ubuntu9.17.2 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1382401

Title:
  Easy to trigger 404/416 errors after recent security update

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “apt” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Committed
Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  The recent security update make it easy to trigger debian bug #710924
  - i.e. apt does not deal well with 416 requests from the remote
  server.

  TEST CASE:
  1 install latest apt from security
  2 run sudo apt-get update
  3 run sudo apt-get update again and ctrl somewhere in the middle
  4 run sudo apt-get update again 
  5 verify that you get either 404 or 416 errors

  6 install the updated version from prospoed
  7 verify that sudo apt-get update works now
  8 verify that steps 2-4 do not lead to a failure

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