RE: apt-get update failing
Yup. I've removed the Packages.gz files and had mirror reget them several
times. I also tried right from the ftp site ...
# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/binary-i386/
# deb file:/amnt/mirrors/debian frozen main contrib non-free
# deb file:/amnt/mirrors/debian/debian-non-US unstable non-US
# deb file:/amnt/mirrors/debian project/experimental/
fsmail:~#
fsmail:~#
fsmail:~# apt-get update
Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org frozen/contrib Packages
Get http://non-us.debian.org unstable/binary-i386/ Packages
Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org frozen/main Packages
Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org frozen/non-free Packages
Fetched 2040k in 3s (596k/s)
Updating package file cache...
E: Line 3 in package file
/var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_frozen_main_binary-i386
_Packages is too long.(2)
fsmail:~#
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Dean Carpenter deano@areyes.com
94 TT :) Dean.Carpenter@pharma.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:jgg@ualberta.ca]
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 7:45 PM
To: Carpenter, Dean
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org; deity@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: apt-get update failing
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 Dean.Carpenter@pharma.com wrote:
> Thanks to Nils and Jason for the *really* fast replies ...
>
> Just upgraded to apt_0.1.10 from potato - same problem. Looks like there
> are a few others out there seeing the same thing.
master{root}~#apt-get update
Get file:/debian/debian/ dists/proposed-updates/ Packages
Get file:/debian/debian/ slink/contrib Packages
Get file:/debian/debian/ slink/main Packages
Get http://nonus.debian.org unstable/non-US Packages
Get file:/debian/debian/ slink/non-free Packages
Get file:/debian/debian/ stable/contrib Packages
Get file:/debian/debian/ stable/main Packages
Get file:/debian/debian/ stable/non-free Packages
Fetched 41.3k in 0s (50.1k/s)
Updating package file cache...done
Updating package status cache...done
Checking system integrity...ok
master{root}~#apt-get | head --lines 1
apt 0.1.5 for i386 compiled on Jul 23 1998 22:05:22
Hmm.. Are you sure you package files are not corrupted?
Jason
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