Attempting my usual aptitude update and package download today:
aptitude update && aptitude -dy full-upgrade
... I noticed that the full-upgrade didn't run.
Checking aptitude's exit status, I found it was '255', though no errors
were displayed.
Neither strace nor '-v' options (tried multiple to 4-5) provide any more
illumination. I'll omit strace here, but -v output is:
# aptitude -v update; echo "Status: $?"
.
.
.
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64
Packages/DiffIndex
Fetched 5,406 B in 13s (407 B/s)
Current status: 0 broken [+0], 77
updates [+0], 16521 new [+0]
Trying apt-get, however, gives:
# apt-get update
.
.
.
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
W: Failed to fetch
http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release Unable to find
expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed
Release file?)
W: Failed to fetch
http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/unreleased/Release Unable to find
expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed
Release file?)
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones
used instead.
(I'd added the debian-ports archive a week or so back to try to install
a package since removed from the main archive).
Obvious short-term fix is to remove debian-ports from
/etc/apt/sources.list, but it would seem aptitude's error handling
should also be improved.
Anything else I should note before filing a bug?
--
Dr. Ed Morbius
Chief Scientist
Krell Power Systems Unlimited
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