Bug#764503: apt: "apt-get update" fails after downgrading from 1.1~exp4 to 1.0.9.2: E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources.IndexDiff - open (2: No such file or directory)
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.1~exp4
> Severity: minor
> Control: affects -1 aptitude
>
> Dear APT Developers,
>
> since apt 1.1~exp4 caused some malfunctioning with aptitude (mostly
> related to "aptitude update" and "aptitude -u"), I decided to downgrade
> apt to 1.0.9.2 again.
>
> But since then, "apt-get update" fails as follows (and aptitude already
> did so before downgrading, too):
>
> # apt-get update
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid InRelease
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing InRelease
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental InRelease
> Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Sources/DiffIndex
> E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources.IndexDiff - open (2: No such file or directory)
>
> The following sufficed to fix the issue:
>
> # rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_*
> # apt-get update
>
Downgrading packages is not supported. Unless there is a real bug
here, I am not sure it makes sense to add a workaround.
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