retitle 298878 apt-get update doesn't work if you have the same line twice in your sources.list severity 298878 normal tags 298878 confirmed thanks On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 03:57:13PM +0200, Radu Cristescu wrote: [...] > With the sources.list file below and no lists previously downloaded, > when I run "apt-get update", it results into this: [...] > Get:35 http://ftp.ro.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages [68.3kB] > Get:36 http://ftp.ro.debian.org unstable/non-free Release [86B] > 99% [31 Packages gzip 0] > gzip: stdin: Resource temporarily unavailable [...] > -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- > > deb file:/usr/pluto/deb-cache/ sarge main > deb file:/home/mirrors/Debian.ro/debian sarge main non-free contrib > deb file:/home/mirrors/MythTV/~mdz/debian unstable mythtv > deb-src http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free > > deb http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free > > deb http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free I managed to repro' this problem. It's because he has the same line twice in his sources.list (the last 2 ones). I hadn't noticed it before, I discovered it since I ran into exactly the same problem by accident (the amount of sheer luck I seem to have sometimes really astonishes me). I've written a little sample script to demonstrate the problem: <URL:http://greek0.net/~greek0/div/apt-gzip-problem.sh>. It has to be run as root, so you'd probably better just look at it and study what it does. I'm reducing severity to normal, since it's really really easy to work around (just apt-get update a second time) and only happens under very special conditions. Cheers, Greek0
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