Re: aptitude update 255 exit status, no errors/warnings
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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. :-(
Daniel, we miss you ! :-(
aptitude rocks!
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