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



don't run apt-get update again.  just go on about your business after that
(e.g. apt-get upgrade) and you should be fine. i am. =)


Herbert Ho


On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Johan Ur Riise wrote:

> 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.
> 
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