On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 04:06:31PM +0000, cmetzler@speakeasy.net wrote: > > Simo Kauppi wrote: > >On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 06:12:51AM +0000, cmetzler@speakeasy.net wrote: > >> > >> Can anyone else confirm this: > >> > >>} stax:/etc/apt# apt-get install python2.3 > >>} Reading package lists... Done > >>} Building dependency tree... Done > >>} Package python2.3 is not available, but is referred to by another package. > >>} This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > >>} is only available from another source > >>} However the following packages replace it: > >>} python > >>} E: Package python2.3 has no installation candidate > >>} > >>} The following packages have unmet dependencies. > >>} python: Depends: python2.3 (>= 2.3.5-1) but it is not installable > >>} E: Broken packages > >> > >> Because of this, tons of stuff, from reportbug to GNOME, is uninstallable > >> for me. My sources.list mirrors are: > >> > >>} deb http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main contrib > >>} deb-src http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main contrib > >>} > >>} deb http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main contrib > >>} deb-src http://mirror.espri.arizona.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main contrib > >> > >> Can anyone else confirm this? > > > > Yes, the 'Packages' of your mirror doesn't seem to have 'python2.3' and > > 'python' depends on that. > > > Hmm, well, I just tried a whole bunch of mirrors -- specifically, I've > tried debian.csail.mit.edu, mirror.espri.arizona.edu, ftp.de.debian.org, > debian.inode.at, and ftp.jp.debian.org. All five of them had this > problem; so it seems pretty widespread. > > I hadn't considered fetching the package directly, though; I went > and looked on the mirror I normally use and it was indeed there, > as you suggest above. Thanks. > > > > I use ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ > > apt-get updating from here gives: > > Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/etch/main/source/Sources.gz MD5Sum mismatch > Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/etch/contrib/source/Sources.gz MD5Sum mismatch > > which is a bit worrisome! > > -c I did an update this morning and aptitude did not tell me about any problems. Now I checked from that server, and yes the md5sums of Sources.gz or Sources.bz2 do not match the ones in the Release file! The md5sum of Packages.bz2 does match however. Now I lost connection to that server, so there might be something funny going on with the mirrors. Simo -- :r ~/.signature
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