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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110128200747.gv29...@altaira.krellpowersys.exo