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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0004436Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2017-12-22 02:132025-07-14 09:36
ReporterHades_2017 Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionnot fixable 
Product Version2017.3 
Summary0004436: apt-get update failed on 2017.3
Description

The log shown as bellow:
Get:1 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling InRelease [30.5 kB]
Get:2 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main Sources [11.7 MB]
Get:3 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/non-free Sources [120 kB]
Get:4 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/contrib Sources [64.7 kB]
Get:5 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages [15.6 MB]
Get:5 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages [15.6 MB]
Get:5 http://101.44.1.117/files/111600000488BF91/http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages [15.6 MB]
Err:5 http://101.44.1.117/files/111600000488BF91/http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages
File has unexpected size (13120853 != 15638150). Mirror sync in progress?
Hashes of expected file:

  • Filesize:15638150 [weak]
  • SHA256:6d4da0e33105d502ce347b2e1a99db457fdbf5a2205508a6508d13ab70755224
  • SHA1:3c07ef1963218b500a8216ca256f823514f7389d [weak]
  • MD5Sum:fd4797f2537daaf7bec8692c445509dc [weak]
    Release file created at: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:03:48 +0000
    Reading package lists... Done
    E: Failed to fetch http://101.44.1.117/files/111600000488BF91/http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz File has unexpected size (13120853 != 15638150). Mirror sync in progress?
    Hashes of expected file:
    • Filesize:15638150 [weak]
    • SHA256:6d4da0e33105d502ce347b2e1a99db457fdbf5a2205508a6508d13ab70755224
    • SHA1:3c07ef1963218b500a8216ca256f823514f7389d [weak]
    • MD5Sum:fd4797f2537daaf7bec8692c445509dc [weak]
      Release file created at: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:03:48 +0000
      E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Steps To Reproduce

Today, I downloaded 2017.3 amd64 kali build from website and configured /etc/apt/source.list shown as bellow:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

After run apt-get update, there will be an error. the log shown as description.

Additional Information

Kernel build 4.13.0-kali1-amd64

Activities

rhertzog

rhertzog

2017-12-22 08:25

administrator   ~0007734

Hello, I'm sorry but our mirror redirector would never redirect you to http://101.44.1.117 so this must be done by a transparent proxy on your side.

There's nothing we can do if they redirect you to a non-up-to-date mirror. Hopefully for you the error is likely only transient.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2017-12-22 02:13 Hades_2017 New Issue
2017-12-22 08:25 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2017-12-22 08:25 rhertzog Status new => closed
2017-12-22 08:25 rhertzog Resolution open => not fixable
2017-12-22 08:25 rhertzog Note Added: 0007734
2025-07-14 09:36 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal