4 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
index 1fa929aad..da9becc44 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void pkgAcquire::Item::Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf)
 	 Dequeue();
 	 return;
       }
-      
+
       Status = StatError;
       Dequeue();
    }   
@@ -321,8 +321,9 @@ pkgAcqMetaSig::pkgAcqMetaSig(pkgAcquire *Owner,
    DestFile = _config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists") + "partial/";
    DestFile += URItoFileName(URI);
 
-   // remove any partial downloaded sig-file. it may confuse proxies
-   // and is too small to warrant a partial download anyway
+   // remove any partial downloaded sig-file in partial/. 
+   // it may confuse proxies and is too small to warrant a 
+   // partial download anyway
    unlink(DestFile.c_str());
 
    // Create the item
@@ -389,17 +390,22 @@ void pkgAcqMetaSig::Done(string Message,unsigned long Size,string MD5,
 									/*}}}*/
 void pkgAcqMetaSig::Failed(string Message,pkgAcquire::MethodConfig *Cnf)
 {
+   string Final = _config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists") + URItoFileName(RealURI);
 
    // if we get a network error we fail gracefully
-   if(LookupTag(Message,"FailReason") == "Timeout" || 
-      LookupTag(Message,"FailReason") == "TmpResolveFailure" ||
-      LookupTag(Message,"FailReason") == "ConnectionRefused") {
+   if(Status == StatTransientNetworkError)
+   {
       Item::Failed(Message,Cnf);
+      // move the sigfile back on network failures (and re-authenticated?)
+      if(FileExists(DestFile))
+ 	 Rename(DestFile,Final);
+
+      // set the status back to , Item::Failed likes to reset it
+      Status = pkgAcquire::Item::StatTransientNetworkError;
       return;
    }
 
    // Delete any existing sigfile when the acquire failed
-   string Final = _config->FindDir("Dir::State::lists") + URItoFileName(RealURI);
    unlink(Final.c_str());
 
    // queue a pkgAcqMetaIndex with no sigfile
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
index da1bea801..1c83f8d2e 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-item.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class pkgAcquire::Item
    public:
 
    // State of the item
-   enum {StatIdle, StatFetching, StatDone, StatError, StatAuthError} Status;
+   enum {StatIdle, StatFetching, StatDone, StatError, 
+	 StatAuthError, StatTransientNetworkError} Status;
    string ErrorText;
    unsigned long FileSize;
    unsigned long PartialSize;   
diff --git a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
index d06024178..8ab67778b 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/acquire-worker.cc
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ bool pkgAcquire::Worker::RunMessages()
 	    pkgAcquire::Item *Owner = Itm->Owner;
 	    pkgAcquire::ItemDesc Desc = *Itm;
 	    OwnerQ->ItemDone(Itm);
+
+	    // set some status
+	    if(LookupTag(Message,"FailReason") == "Timeout" || 
+	       LookupTag(Message,"FailReason") == "TmpResolveFailure" ||
+	       LookupTag(Message,"FailReason") == "ConnectionRefused") 
+	       Owner->Status = pkgAcquire::Item::StatTransientNetworkError;
+
 	    Owner->Failed(Message,Config);
 	    ItemDone();
 
diff --git a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
index de854bee5..de5ba5ea6 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc
@@ -571,8 +571,10 @@ static bool CheckValidity(const string &CacheFile, FileIterator Start,
     
       if ((*Start)->Exists() == false)
       {
+#if 0 // mvo: we no longer give a message here (Default Sources spec)
 	 _error->WarningE("stat",_("Couldn't stat source package list %s"),
 			  (*Start)->Describe().c_str());
+#endif
 	 continue;
       }