Re: How odd.. The sizes didn't match, email apt@packages.debian.org

[Pieter Jacques <jacques@physics.rutgers.edu>]

David,

Thanks for your prompt reply.  I have confirmed that the problem is 
indeed that the archive is too large for my version of apt, and the 
solution is to install an updated apt.

- Pieter

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On Thu, 19 Jun 2014, David Kalnischkies wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 09:07:13PM -0400, Pieter Jacques wrote:
> > Attempting to install CMS software via apt-get, which resulted in the
> > following, with the instruction to email you.
> >
> > ===================================================================
> > apt-get install cms+cmssw+CMSSW_6_2_8
> >
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > The following extra packages will be installed:
> >   cms+cmssw-tool-conf+27.0-cms cms+cmsswdata+27-cms11
> >   cms+cmsswdata-toolfile+2.0-cms11
> >   cms+data-FastSimulation-PileUpProducer+V04-05-18-cms
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >   cms+cmssw+CMSSW_6_2_8 cms+cmssw-tool-conf+27.0-cms cms+cmsswdata+27-cms11
> >   cms+cmsswdata-toolfile+2.0-cms11
> >   cms+data-FastSimulation-PileUpProducer+V04-05-18-cms
> > 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 removed and 1 not upgraded.
> > 2.53427e+09,-1.76069e+09
> > How odd.. The sizes didn't match, email apt@packages.debian.org
> > ===================================================================
>
> Which version of apt do we talk about here?
>
> I have no idea what this "CMS software" is you are trying to install.
> I guess it is some really big proprietary tool packaged by your
> facility. Older versions of apt do not have large file support ÿÿ some
> have a 2GB, some a 4GB limit. Newer versions should be free of
> this limit, but the packages apt usually deals with aren't even near
> these limits usually, so that isn't really regularity tested.
>
>
> So I guess your options to go forward are:
> a) upgrade to a newer version of apt (/Debian)
> b) install these packages with dpkg directly (beware, older versions
>   might not be LFS safe either)
> c) ask the package maintainer to split up the packages so that their
>   size is below 2 GB (to be on the safe side).
>
>
> Best regards
>
> David Kalnischkies