[Aptitude-devel] Bug#845310: Bug#845310: aptitude: Update>>"Loading cache" stuck (loop/wait forever) for buggy(?) repo

[Axel Beckert]

Control: forcemerge 834790 -1
Control: severity 834790 important
Control: tags 834790 - moreinfo

Hi Peter,

Peter Gervai wrote:
> When lists contain
> 
>  deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/AsamK:/RetroShare/Debian_8.0/ /
> 
> downloading the indexes goes well, but after "Loading cache" it's stuck forever, don't
> even start the progress bar counting. 
> 
> "Quit" works, and after restart the new indexes seem to be in place and working.

Yes, that's a known issue (see https://bugs.debian.org/834790 and
https://bugs.debian.org/838560) which is not yet solved. But we're
fully aware of it.

		Regards, Axel
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