Re: /var/lib/apt/lists

[Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>]

mess-mate(mess-mate@wanadoo.fr) is reported to have said:
> The upgrade is done and running, but couldn't do a 'apt-get update';
> i'd olways simirairly errors for all the deb's.
> Finally i've done e new etch setup on that machine.
> Didn't find the exact raison about those errors and couldn't do any
> updat or install/remove package.
> Thanks for your time
> regerds

I am having similar problems while doing Etch or Testing updates.
ie
aptitude|apt-get downloads the package lists but some show up as
FAILED in /var/lib/apt/lists.  A good download of the same package
turns out be the same size but takes 2-3 attempts to get it right.
This has happened on  different mirrors.

Also, due to testing of apt-cacher/apt-proxy, I have had to do
multiple updates and am seeing strange results.  On the first download
the file size is [4248] the next is [4249] net is [4247]. These were
for etch/main contrib packages.

This let me to thinking my POTS or LAN was messed up.  After checking
that out I fonud nothing wrong.  I went ahead and ran upgrades and
did not have any problems upgrading, up to 50 packages.  The problem
seems to be only with the package lists. 

Updating packages lists with or without apt-cacher|proxy shows the
same upgrade problems.

Wayne

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