--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# this is a regression test for LP: #1445239 where a partial download can
+# trigger an endless hang of the download method
+#
+
+set -e
+
+TESTDIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname $0))
+. $TESTDIR/framework
+setupenvironment
+configarchitecture 'amd64'
+
+changetowebserver
+webserverconfig 'aptwebserver::support::range' 'true'
+
+TESTFILE='aptarchive/testfile'
+dd if=/dev/zero of=$TESTFILE bs=100k count=1 2>/dev/null
+
+DOWNLOADLOG='rootdir/tmp/testdownloadfile.log'
+
+TARGET=testfile-downloaded
+dd if=/dev/zero of=$TARGET bs=99k count=1 2>/dev/null
+if ! downloadfile http://localhost:8080/testfile "$TARGET" > "$DOWNLOADLOG"; then
+ cat >&2 "$DOWNLOADLOG"
+ msgfail
+else
+ msgpass
+fi
if (filesize > filestart)
{
data.Skip(filestart);
+ // make sure to send content-range before conent-length
+ // as regression test for LP: #1445239
std::ostringstream contentrange;
contentrange << "Content-Range: bytes " << filestart << "-"
<< filesize - 1 << "/" << filesize;