I am experiencing the same symptoms. From some other posts I've seen on the Internet, this bug appears to be proxy-related. I have not been able to reproduce the problem when apt connects to the Internet directly. It's only when apt connects to the Internet via a proxy that the problem occurs.
Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf and comment out the proxy line and things should work OK. Of course, this is a circumvention, not a fix. But this information should help the poor sucker who has to fix this bug. If a bug cannot be reproduced, it's hard to fix! For example, there should be a line in /etc/apt/apt.conf that looks something like this: Acquire::http::proxy "http://10.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/"; where "xxx" represents some arbitrary octet. Comment this out by inserting two leading slashes, per the man page for apt.conf: // Acquire::http::proxy "http://10.xxx.xxx.xxx:8080/"; Then run "aptitude update" or "apt-get update" and everything should work fine. Of course, bypassing the proxy may violate your corporate policy; but for diagnostic purposes you may be able to get away with it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]