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and subject line Bug#423862: r-base: 'apt-get install r-base' fails due to
discrepancy between the actual deb file name and the name in Packages
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Package: r-base
Severity: grave
r-base: 'apt-get install r-base' fails due to discrepancy between the actual
deb file name and the name in Packages.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.utf-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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On 14 May 2007 at 23:00, George Katsitadze wrote:
| On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 11:15:21AM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| >
| > On 14 May 2007 at 17:56, George Katsitadze wrote:
| > | Package: r-base
| > | Severity: grave
| > |
| > | r-base: 'apt-get install r-base' fails due to discrepancy between the
actual deb file name and the name in Packages.
| >
| > Hmm, I have no idea what that is supposed to say. :-/
| >
| > Methinks that you are either pointing apt at a corrupted archive, or one
that
| > had an upgrade in process.
|
| You were right. It seems that the archive had an upgrade
| going (and it is on a slow link). I tried again several
| hours later and it went without a glitch.
Ok, thanks for the follow-up.
| Please excuse me for wasting your time with this.
No worries. We all got hit by that at one time or another. I know when not to
apt-get update :) And the error message could be more helpful, I suppose.
[ And I still think you may want to make sure you're not mixing unstable and
stable. I love my testing ... ]
Dirk
| Thanks,
| George
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