Package: apticron Version: 1.1.42 Severity: normal apticron dies when it should check for updates, the cron mail reads like [1]. (note that I'm replacing the hostname with <hostname> and the FQDN with <fqdn>.)
I'm using apt-cacher-ng on another box B to cache Debian packages, this machine called A has the issue. Another machine C, which uses also B for caching has very same issues. On B itself, apticron seems to work well (!). So one would assume apt-cacher-ng makes it fail, but a forth box D which does NOT use the cacher, fails also. The last useful "new package there" mail by apticron was on 2012-09-30 (it says libc update, maybe relevant?). From 2012-10-03 on the cron mails came instead. I'm glad to know how to debug further. Cheers, Julius -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apticron depends on: ii apt 0.8.10.3+squeeze1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent ii cron 3.0pl1-116 process scheduling daemon ii debconf [debconf-2 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages apticron recommends: ii apt-listchanges 2.85.7+squeeze1 package change history notificatio ii iproute 20100519-3 networking and traffic control too apticron suggests no packages. -- debconf information: apticron/notification: root [1] cron mail Subject: Cron <root@<hostname>> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root> Message-Id: <20121115052851.3A203380BA@<fqdn>> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:28:51 +0100 (CET) /etc/cron.daily/apticron: W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/source/Sources.gz 500 Connection failure: Connection timed out W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 500 Connection failure: Connection timed out W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 500 Connection failure: Connection timed out E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org