On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Andreas Tille wrote: > output after failing to install 42 packages). I repeat: All packages > were installable with dpkg -i after apt-get was unable to install That doesn't mean anything, if the file was only 1 byte short chances are it would still be entirely valid, dpkg -i would take it, apt would not due to a size and md5 mismatch. Jason