Package: apt Version: 0.6.43 Severity: normal
Apologies in advance that this is a bit woolly. Since the key debacle (though I dunno what the point is of using keys when the package has so many hundreds of open bugs) I am having trouble with the index files. Watch this : piwakawaka:~# aptitude update Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid Release.gpg Get:1 ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid Release [42.0kB] Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org sid Release.gpg [378B] Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid Release Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid/contrib Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid/non-free Packages Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid/contrib Sources Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid/non-free Sources Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid/main Packages Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid/non-free Packages Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid/contrib Packages Fetched 42.4kB in 2s (16.9kB/s) Reading package lists... Done piwakawaka:~# aptitude update So far so good, but I immediately repeated the update and this happened : piwakawaka:~# aptitude update Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid Release.gpg Get:1 ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid Release [42.0kB] Ign http://http.us.debian.org sid Release.gpg Ign http://http.us.debian.org sid Release Ign http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid/main Packages Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid/non-free Packages Ign http://http.us.debian.org sid/contrib Packages Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org sid/non-free Packages [52.1kB] Hit ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz sid/contrib Packages Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Sources [60.5kB] Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org sid/contrib Sources [1107kB] Get:5 http://http.us.debian.org sid/non-free Sources [23.0kB] Get:6 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages [24.6kB] Hit http://http.us.debian.org sid/contrib Packages 99% [6 Packages gzip 0] [4 Sources bzip2 3592192] 29.0kB/s 0s gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Fetched 1309kB in 49s (26.3kB/s) Reading package lists... Done piwakawaka:~# Which is weird. Yesterday when the same thing happened I deleted the saved files from /var/lib/apt/lists and /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ (not including the lock file or the partial directory entry) which made a fine *WORKAROUND* so lets have a look at what's there now : piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# ls -al lists total 37440 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:08 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jan 5 15:44 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42010 Dec 28 10:02 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 189 Dec 28 10:02 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_Release.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221131 Dec 28 09:17 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_contrib_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15726115 Dec 28 09:17 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 259513 Dec 25 09:16 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38234 Jan 5 10:11 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 378 Jan 5 10:11 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_Release.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221235 Jan 5 09:16 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95554 Jan 5 09:42 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15829945 Jan 5 09:16 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5418824 Jan 5 09:42 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 269480 Jan 5 09:16 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95554 Jan 5 09:42 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_source_Sources -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 11:08 lock drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:13 partial piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# ls -al lists/partial/ total 3872 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:13 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:08 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3951594 Jan 5 09:16 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# Note that http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages was downloaded during neither of the updates above, but that the second update has crapped out on it. So I remove the cached list files and update again piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# rm -f lists/d* piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# rm -f lists/h* piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# ls -al lists total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:34 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jan 5 15:44 .. -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 11:08 lock drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:33 partial piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# rm lists/partial/* rm: cannot lstat ists/partial/*': No such file or directory piwakawaka:/var/lib/apt# piwakawaka:~# l /var/lib/apt/lists/ total 37436 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42010 Dec 28 10:02 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 189 Dec 28 10:02 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_Release.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221131 Dec 28 09:17 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_contrib_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15726115 Dec 28 09:17 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 259513 Dec 25 09:16 debian.paradise.net.nz_debian_dists_sid_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38234 Jan 5 10:11 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 378 Jan 5 10:11 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_Release.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221235 Jan 5 09:16 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95554 Jan 5 09:42 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15829945 Jan 5 09:16 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5418824 Jan 5 09:42 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 269480 Jan 5 09:16 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 99117 Jan 5 09:42 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_source_Sources -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 11:35 lock drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 11:40 partial piwakawaka:~# l /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ total 0 piwakawaka:~# Gotta love those hard to reproduce bugs. Perhaps it only happens with the gzip file. Drop me a line for any further information. And as a bit of a side note, yesterday when it died in the same fashion it appeared to have the main/Packages and contrib/Packages swapped during an update prior to the problem above surfacing, but I can see no evidence of the same problem today : Get:6 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages [24.6kB] Get:7 http://http.us.debian.org sid/contrib Packages [3952kB] -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "test -f /var/run/med-common.usermenu && if [ -x /usr/sbin/cdd-update-usermenus ] ; then /usr/sbin/cdd-update-usermenus med ; fi ; rm -f /var/run/med-common.usermenu"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # debian.paradise.net.nz deb ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz/debian/ sid main non-free contrib # main debian site deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free # Source : Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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