Bug#33377: marked as done (apt-get chokes on frozen/main package list.)
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From: "Timothy J. Miller" <cerebus@sackheads.org>
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Subject: apt-get chokes on frozen/main package list.
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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:14:52 -0600
Package: apt
Version: 0.1.9
System: Debian slink w/ kernel 2.2pre5.
'apt-get update' dies with the following error, first noticed
on Friday, 12 Feb.
acropolis : ~/ % sudo apt-get update
Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org frozen/contrib Packages
Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org frozen/main Packages
Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org frozen/non-free Packages
Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org project/experimental/ Packages
Fetched 2059k in 1s (1320k/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)
First package entry in ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_frozen_main_binary-i386_Packages:
Package: 2utf
Version: 1.07
Priority: optional
Section: text
Maintainer: Ricardas Cepas <rch@WriteMe.Com>
Depends: libc6
Recommends: locales | wg15-locale, man-db (>= 2.3.10-37)
Suggests: tcs, kbd (>= 0.95) | console-utilities
Architecture: i386
Filename: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/text/2utf_1.07.deb
Size: 50382
MD5sum: 49075b46bdbf4f02ee829a7af210ffed
Description: Translates char-sets and decodes MIME.
Filter for char-set translation to and from Unicode.
Gets char-set definitions from WG15 locales char-maps or similiar tables.
Can decode nested multi-part MIME messages and invoke external filters.
Can display char-maps and current console font.
installed-size: 174
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