Packages was corrupt

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Expected Behavior:

Installer continues without warning about a corrupt Packages file.

Behavior actually encountered:

During install a red warning screen appears with the following message:

[!!] Install the base system
Debootstrap warning
Warning:
http://192.168.0.1/ubuntu/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages was corrupt
<Go Back> <Continue>

Pressing enter to continue allows the installer to continue installing.

Reproduction steps:

To reproduce this bug, create a pxe boot server and apt repo.

Build a vm with 2 nics for the server.

Configure the second nic (eth1) for a private network we will use to test netbooting the installer on a separate vm.

Install Ubuntu with 10.04.04 amd64 alternate install cd for our server:
http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-alternate-amd64.iso

Boot Ubuntu and add the following lines to /etc/network/interfaces to configure eth1 with a static address replacing gateway with your internet gateway:

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
  address 192.168.0.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  gateway 192.168.1.1

Reboot Ubuntu so that the second nic is configured at boot.

Attach/insert the Ubuntu 10.04.04 cd to the vm so we can use it later.

Install dnsmasq for dhcp and tftp servers:

apt-get install dnsmasq

Edit /etc/dnsmasq.conf adding the following lines to enable dhcp and tftp:

dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0
dhcp-range=192.168.0.50,192.168.0.150,12h
enable-tftp
interface=eth1

Restart dnsmasq:

service dnsmasq restart

Mount the Ubuntu 10.04 cd’s install/tftpboot directory under /var/lib/tftpboot:

mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot
mount --bind /media/Ubuntu\ 10.04.4\ LTS\ amd64/install/netboot/ /var/lib/tftpboot

Create pxe boot config file /root/mydefault containing the following lines:

TIMEOUT 50
PROMPT 1
default netboot
 nabel netboot
 kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
 append vga=normal local=en_US setup/layoutcode=en_US console-setup/layoutcode=us initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz ks=http://192.168.0.1/ks.cfg

Note above, ks=http://192.168.0.1/ks.cfg points to the kickstart file.

Mount mydefault under /var/lib/tftpboot:

mount --bind /root/mydefault /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

To set up apt repo, mount the Ubuntu cd under /var/www/ubuntu:

mkdir -p /var/www/ubuntu
mount --bind /media/Ubuntu\ 10.04.4\ LTS\ amd64/ /var/www/ubuntu

Install apache to serve packages via http for apt repo:

apt-get install apache2

Create the kickstart config file in /var/www/ks.cfg containing the following lines:

###########################################################################
# Installer Section
###########################################################################
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Installation Options
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Install OS in text mode
#
install
text

#
# System Language
#
lang en_US
langsupport en_US

#
# System Keyboard and Mouse Settings
#
keyboard us

#
# Timezone Setting
#
timezone America/Chicago

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# License Key
#---------------------------------------------------------------------...

Regarding precise, this bug has been fixed in Debian/upstream by the following bug :

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618920

It was included in Precise in version 1.0.39 which is in the precise-updates archive :

http://packages.ubuntu.com/fr/precise-updates/debootstrap

marking Precise as fixed released since the correction is in precise-updates already

For lucid, a backport of 1.0.39 will be required. Please be aware that this will not fix a situation where the .iso file is used as an archive since the .iso will always use debootstrap from the .iso

Important to note : the upstream debian commit required changing references to $checksum and verify_checksum used in more recent versions by $md5 and check_md5 which was in use in version 1.0.20

as far as I understand this is fixed in precise and up, or at least in raring hence marking the default task "fix released".

Uploaded to Lucid. Removing sponsors - thanks!

Please do not change bug status to those that contradict SRU workflow. "Fix committed" should only be set by SRU team once the package is accepted into -proposed pocket. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure for description of status changes for SRUs.

oups, sorry about that :-/ I thought that the upload msg from laney was sufficient.

Hello Niklas, or anyone else affected,

Accepted debootstrap into lucid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/1.0.20ubuntu1.5 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!

This works as far as it goes, but if a download keeps failing then debootstrap will carry on without it and claim to have succeeded. This is something I fixed in Debian 1.0.39 along with the change Louis backported here - although not in the same commit, which may be why he missed it - and I think it needs to be backported for safety. Fixing this is a one-liner, and I'll upload it.

Hello Niklas, or anyone else affected,

Accepted debootstrap into lucid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/1.0.20ubuntu1.6 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!

Verified the uploaded fix in -proposed using steps described in the "Test case" paragraph. upload does fix the issue

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package debootstrap - 1.0.20ubuntu1.6

---------------
debootstrap (1.0.20ubuntu1.6) lucid; urgency=low

  * Stop at the end of the retrieval phase if any packages failed to
    download (LP: #1023069).

debootstrap (1.0.20ubuntu1.5) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fix Packages was corrupt warning on preseed install. Backport fix for
    Debian bug #618920 to solve LP: #1023069. Patch slightly reworked to adapt
    to older codebase.
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:49:14 +0100