Re: Unstable package list at ftp.debian.org is bad

[Johan Ur Riise <riise@bgnett.no>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:35:03PM -0400, Kristopher Johnson wrote:
> David Natkins wrote:
> > 
> > Seems to be a problem with the package list for unstable at ftp.debian.org.
> > One of the packages (aleph-dev) is causing the problem.
> 
> You can open the package list file with a text editor and fix the
> problems.  The other aleph-* packages have the same problem:  the
> priority line says "optionnal", rather than "optional".  Just
> delete the extra 'n', and everything will be fine.

I have the same problem. After editing 
/var/state/apt/lists/www.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_potato_main_binary-i386_Packages
( two occurrences of optionnal changed to optional) and rerunning 
apt-get update, the file is downloaded again and I am where I started.

Johan.