Re: Questions about PAPT and the uploading process

[Umang <umang.me@gmail.com>]

I tried the updating etch to sid method. Here's what I got:
>  sudo DIST=etch pbuilder update --override-config \
> > --othermirror "deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main"
> [sudo] password for umang:
> I: Upgrading for distribution etch
> I: Building the build Environment
> I: extracting base tarball [/var/cache/pbuilder/etch-i386-base.tgz]
> I: creating local configuration
> I: copying local configuration
> I: Installing apt-lines
> I: mounting /proc filesystem
> I: mounting /dev/pts filesystem
> I: policy-rc.d already exists
> I: Refreshing the base.tgz
> I: upgrading packages
> Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org sid Release.gpg [835B]
> Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [1032B]
> Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org sid Release [104kB]
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release
> Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages
> Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages [8389kB]
> Fetched 8494kB in 50s (168kB/s)
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occurred while processing libsqlrelay-tcl (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList 
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> I: unmounting dev/pts filesystem
> I: unmounting proc filesystem
> I: cleaning the build env
> I: removing directory /var/cache/pbuilder/build//2038 and its 
> subdirectories

So this fails too.

Any ideas on what I should do now? I'm feeling pretty stuck right now.

Thanks a lot,

Umang