On 8 December 2012 17:37, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Mauro wrote: > >>> >>> >>> Have you tried aptitude instead of apt-get? >>> >> >> yes, same error. > > > Just a guess, but take a look at backports and see if you can install a more > modern version of apt or aptitude. > > FWIW My lenny box has aptitude version "0.4.11.11-1~lenny2". now works, perhaps a problem of my dns provider.....