jidanni@jidanni.org (jidanni@jidanni.org) wrote on 29 November 2012 12:50:
>It seems you are saying that with the current mirror software, there is
>a guaranteed (even just a) few seconds a day when this error will occur.
Yes.
>That means the software should be improved yet further to eliminate this
>error completely!
The only way is to make sure the whole set of indices doesn't change
between fetches by apt. This means some complication in apt, the
repository and mirror scripts. Besides, what should be done if apt
finds that the mirror is updating? What does it tell the user? This
seems the worst part to me.