Re: Alioth Problems?

[Grahame White <grahame@regress.homelinux.org>]

On Saturday 09 April 2005 16:32, James Titcumb wrote:
> My apt-get update is now working fine...
>
> I'm using sarge though..
>
> Get:1 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/main Packages [3206kB]
> Get:2 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/main Release [108B]
> Get:3 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/contrib Packages
> [45.6kB] Get:4 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/contrib
> Release [111B] Get:5 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org
> sarge/non-free Packages [61.9kB] Get:6
> http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/non-free Release [112B]
> Get:7 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/main Sources [1358kB]
> Ign http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/main Release
> Get:8 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/contrib Sources
> [31.7kB] Ign http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/contrib Release
> Get:9 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/non-free Sources
> [28.2kB] Ign http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sarge/non-free
> Release Fetched 4732kB in 1m28s (53.4kB/s)
> Reading Package Lists... Done

Just a quick  update on my problem. I deleted the files 
in /var/lib/apt/lists and in /var/lib/apt/lists/partial then did apt-get 
update and everything is fine now. Thanks for the help.

Grahame

>
> >I had the same problems too. I'm getting access now but I'm also
> > getting the following too :
> >
> >Err http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sid/main Packages
> >  Bad header line
> >Err http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sid/main Release
> >  Bad header line
> >Get:1 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sid/contrib Packages
> > [45.6kB] Get:2 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sid/contrib
> > Release [111B] Get:3 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org
> > sid/non-free Packages [61.9kB] Get:4
> > http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org sid/non-free Release [112B]
> >
> >Wouldn't be so bad if it were non-free, but it's not :\
> >
> >Grahame