Bug#1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data

severity 1078608 serious
thanks

On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:57:58 +0200 Sven Bartscher 
<[email protected]> wrote:

 > Package: apt
 > Version: 2.9.7
 > Severity: normal
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > for a while I've been having the problem with `apt update` that it
 > pretends to complete successfully, but it didn't actually pull updated
 > index data. I run it like this:
 >
 > $ sudo apt-get update
 > [sudo] Passwort für sven:
 > OK:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian testing InRelease
 > OK:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease
 > OK:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian experimental InRelease
 > OK:4 https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug testing-debug InRelease
 > OK:5 https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug unstable-debug InRelease
 > OK:6 https://deb.debian.org/debian-debug experimental-debug InRelease
 > Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig

I do have the same issue

I enabled debugging in apt (Debug::Acquire::http=true) and I see the 
following:

> GET /debian/dists/unstable/InRelease HTTP/1.1
> Host: ftp.be.debian.org
> Cache-Control: max-age=0
> Accept: text/*
> If-Modified-Since: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:18:27 GMT
> User-Agent: Debian APT-HTTP/1.3 (3.0.0)

> Answer for: http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/InRelease
> HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:07:23 GMT
> Server: Apache/2.4.62 (Debian)
> Last-Modified: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:18:27 GMT
> ETag: "32185-632e0ee051d8b"
> Accept-Ranges: bytes

In /var/lib/apt/lists I see

> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   302323 15 avr 04:01 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   865256 13 avr 04:10 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-all.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   342240  6 avr 21:59 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    46332 13 avr 22:16 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    63450  8 avr 16:18 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   137064  8 avr 16:18 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   230711 13 avr 04:09 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   277653 15 avr 04:01 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_source_Sources
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   205189 16 avr 10:18 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_InRelease
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59849824 15 avr 09:59 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-amd64_Packages
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71261008 15 avr 04:05 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-all.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24680232 15 avr 10:00 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8078991 15 avr 04:10 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3759152 15 avr 04:13 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7713726 15 avr 04:13 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36755629 15 avr 09:58 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_i18n_Translation-en
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15793455 15 avr 04:55 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_i18n_Translation-fr
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62377703 15 avr 09:59 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_source_Sources
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   868454 12 avr 22:04 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1546853  6 avr 21:59 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-all.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   195881 12 avr 04:03 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     5554 13 avr 04:19 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1372 14 mar 03:19 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    28090 14 mar 03:19 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    32203 14 avr 22:07 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_binary-amd64_Packages
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    46620 14 avr 22:08 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_Contents-all.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     1983 24 mar 09:04 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_Contents-amd64.lz4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    38125 15 avr 04:17 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_dep11_Components-amd64.yml.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       29  8 jan  2023 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_dep11_icons-48x48.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root       29  8 jan  2023 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_dep11_icons-64x64.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    15272 14 avr 22:07 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_i18n_Translation-en
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root    37646 14 avr 22:07 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free-firmware_source_Sources
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   697879 12 avr 04:02 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_i18n_Translation-en
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   441330 12 avr 22:04 
> ftp.be.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_source_Sources

So it seems that the InRelease file was downloaded, but not the rest

If I delete the InRelease file, the other files are being downloaded