Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.9 Severity: normal Hi,
I just noticed the following failure while running apt-get update in a fresh, clean sid chroot: E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp2.de.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_i18n_Translation-en.decomp (1) W: Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp2.de.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_i18n_Translation-en E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. This can be reproduced with sudo piuparts -d sid -m http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian -a hello Some testing shows that this is a mirror specific problem. Other mirrors work fine. The only difference I could find is how a request for Translation-en(.bz2) is answered by the mirrors: wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/i18n/Translation-en => 404 Not Found wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 => 200 OK Length: 3857620 (3.7M) [application/x-bzip2] wget http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/i18n/Translation-en => 200 OK Length: 3857620 (3.7M) [application/x-bzip2] wget http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/i18n/Translation-en.bz2 => 200 OK Length: 3857620 (3.7M) [application/octet-stream] wget -S http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/i18n/Translation-en --2012-01-23 16:26:21-- http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/i18n/Translation-en Resolving ftp2.de.debian.org... 137.226.34.42 Connecting to ftp2.de.debian.org|137.226.34.42|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.0.0 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:26:21 GMT Content-Type: application/x-bzip2 Connection: keep-alive Content-Location: Translation-en.bz2 Vary: negotiate TCN: choice Last-Modified: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:01:21 GMT ETag: "19103b3-3adcd4-4b7327715ae40;4b7327715ae40" Accept-Ranges: bytes Content-Length: 3857620 Length: 3857620 (3.7M) [application/x-bzip2] Saving to: `Translation-en.5' 100%[=...=>] 3,857,620 1.05M/s in 3.6s 2012-01-23 16:26:25 (1.03 MB/s) - `Translation-en.5' saved [3857620/3857620] This looks like apt-get receives a compressed file for the request for Translation-en but does ignore the Content-Type and treats it as a text file which it fails do parse ... This issues seems to be uncovered only by the description-less package indices as announced yesterday: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/01/msg00004.html Andreas Full transcript of the apt-get update command: 1m25.5s DEBUG: Starting command: ['chroot', '/tmp/tmpZOvwZN', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'update'] 1m29.0s DUMP: Get:1 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid InRelease [190 kB] Get:2 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [2038 B] Get:3 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [2023 B] Get:4 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [2023 B] Ign http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/contrib TranslationIndex Get:5 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main TranslationIndex [2154 B] Ign http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/non-free TranslationIndex Get:6 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/contrib Translation-en [36.8 kB] Get:7 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/main Translation-en [3858 kB] Get:8 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en [69.5 kB] E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp2.de.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_i18n_Translation-en.decomp (1) Fetched 4162 kB in 3s (1209 kB/s) W: Failed to fetch copy:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp2.de.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_i18n_Translation-en E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. 1m29.0s ERROR: Command failed (status=100): ['chroot', '/tmp/tmpZOvwZN', 'eatmydata', 'apt-get', 'update'] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org