Re: aptitude update 255 exit status, no errors/warnings
On 2011-01-28 21:07 +0100, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote:
> Attempting my usual aptitude update and package download today:
>
> aptitude update && aptitude -dy full-upgrade
>
> ... I noticed that the full-upgrade didn't run.
>
> Checking aptitude's exit status, I found it was '255', though no errors
> were displayed.
>
> Neither strace nor '-v' options (tried multiple to 4-5) provide any more
> illumination. I'll omit strace here, but -v output is:
>
> # aptitude -v update; echo "Status: $?"
> .
> .
> .
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64
> Packages/DiffIndex
> Fetched 5,406 B in 13s (407 B/s)
>
> Current status: 0 broken [+0], 77
> updates [+0], 16521 new [+0]
>
>
> Trying apt-get, however, gives:
>
> # apt-get update
> .
> .
> .
> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release Unable to
> find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file
> (malformed Release file?)
>
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/unreleased/Release Unable to
> find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file
> (malformed Release file?)
>
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
>
> (I'd added the debian-ports archive a week or so back to try to install
> a package since removed from the main archive).
>
> Obvious short-term fix is to remove debian-ports from
> /etc/apt/sources.list, but it would seem aptitude's error handling
> should also be improved.
>
> Anything else I should note before filing a bug?
This has been reported already: http://bugs.debian.org/563887.
Unfortunately, aptitude's main (i.e. only) developer seems to have
disappeared. :-(
Sven
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