404 from the archive is not handled well
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aptdaemon |
In Progress
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
apt (Ubuntu) |
New
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
aptdaemon (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
When trying to install Pingus from the Ubuntu Software Center It downloads to 50% and then gives the following error message:
Failed to download package files
Check your internet connection.
Details
Failed to fetch http://
My internet is working and I have downloaded and installed other software succesfully from the software center.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 14 08:20:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: software-center 0.4.6
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: software-center
Tags: ubuntu-unr
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
summary: |
- 404 from the archive is not handeld well + 404 from the archive is not handled well |
Changed in aptdaemon: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in aptdaemon (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
tags: | added: client-server |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in aptdaemon (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in aptdaemon (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
affects: | aptdaemon (Debian) → apt (Ubuntu) |
Changed in apt (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Unknown → Undecided |
status: | Fix Released → New |
We have various options here:
- show a proper error message
- offer reload button
- reload list automatically on 404 and try again once that is finished