-rm aptarchive/Packages
-touch aptarchive/Packages
-buildaptarchivefromfiles
-
-testaptgetupdate "Ign http://localhost Release.gpg
-Ign http://localhost/ Translation-en
-Get:1 http://localhost Release []
-Ign http://localhost Packages/DiffIndex
-Get:2 http://localhost Packages []
-Reading package lists..." "empty archive Packages over http"
-
-find aptarchive/ -name 'Packages*' -type f -delete
-touch aptarchive/Packages.bz2
-aptftparchive release aptarchive/ > aptarchive/Release
-
-#FIXME: we should response with a good error message instead
-testaptgetupdate "Ign http://localhost Release.gpg
-Ign http://localhost/ Translation-en
-Get:1 http://localhost Release []
-Ign http://localhost Packages/DiffIndex
-Get:2 http://localhost Packages
-Err http://localhost Packages
- Undetermined Error
-W: Failed to fetch http://localhost:8080/Packages.bz2 Undetermined Error
-
-E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead." "empty file Packages over http"
+ createemptyarchive 'Packages'
+ testaptgetupdate "Get: http://localhost:8080 Packages []
+Reading package lists..." "empty archive Packages.$COMPRESS over http"
+
+ createemptyfile 'Packages'
+ #FIXME: we should response with a good error message instead
+ testaptgetupdate "Get: http://localhost:8080 Packages
+Err http://localhost:8080 Packages
+ Empty files can't be valid archives
+W: Failed to fetch ${COMPRESSOR}:$(readlink -f rootdir/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/localhost:8080_Packages.${COMPRESS}) Empty files can't be valid archives
+
+E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead." "empty file Packages.$COMPRESS over http"
+}
+
+for COMPRESSOR in 'gzip' 'bzip2' 'lzma' 'xz'; do testoverfile $COMPRESSOR; done
+
+# do the same again with http instead of file
+changetowebserver
+
+for COMPRESSOR in 'gzip' 'bzip2' 'lzma' 'xz'; do testoverhttp $COMPRESSOR; done