On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 12:21:16PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > On Wednesday 10 January 2007 15:35, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > Okay, I would say at this point you should probably go ahead and > > dist-upgrade yourself to get caught up. I don't know how long its been > > since you upgraded, but since you're mostly to etch already, its > > likely any breakage you currently have has already been fixed. With > > etch in freeze now and under 100 release-critical bugs left, I think > > you'll be in good shape. > > > > > i have my apt-get parameter files set up properly, i think, but when i do an > apt-cache policy i don't like what i get, as follows: > [snipped good locking apt.conf and sources.list > > debian:/etc/apt# apt-cache policy > Package files: > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > release a=now > Pinned packages: > W: Couldn't stat source package list \http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - > stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/contrib > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - > stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/non-free > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - > stat (2 No such file or directory) > debian:/etc/apt# > > > is it safe to proceed? I get this same behavior if I move my /var/lib/apt/lists out of the way... IOW, you need to update apt-get|aptitude update should clean up the problem. you've changed your repositories without updating so apt is looking for package lists that you haven't downloaded yet. A
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