Bug#344857: apt-get update error downloading from http servers

[Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:40:30AM +0000, Marco Verdecchia wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.43

Thanks for your bugreport. 
 
> I run debian testing with linux kernel 2.6.11 version.
> My /etc/sources.list includes the following lines:
> 
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib
> non-free
> 
> Few days ago I updated my machine with the canonical "apt-get update;
> apt-get upgrade" and everything went ok.

This errors below look like you installed apt from
debian/experimental. The support for Translation-$lang files is only
available there.  

> Today I tried to install a package and I got a strange error. (I'm
> sorry I dont remember which one). After than I decided to re-run
> "apt-get update" only. I always recieve the following error:
> 
> root@scatola:~# apt-get update
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing Release.gpg
>   Connection failed
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Translation-it
>   Connection failed
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-it
>   Connection failed
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-it
>   Connection failed
> 
> I tried to change mirror (http://ftp.it.debian.org,
> http://ftp.us.debian.org)  and I have always the same error.
> For sure I used firefox for browse repositories server and
> they are ok.
> If I use an ftp server repository instead of an http ones, I can 
> see any mistakes.
[..]

Can you please run:
# apt-get update -o Debug::Acquire::http=true 
and attach the result (as a gziped file). 
  
Cheers,
 Michael

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