On Tue, 22 May 2012 03:30:55 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > Just to be clear. For the archives.
The archives is precisely what you should read before replying to a post to get a full understanding on the problem. If you have any doubt, just ask. > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 03:55:49PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 21 May 2012 03:11:30 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > This: (We'll call it error 1 for clarity) > >> >> > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or >> >> > old ones used instead. > > is not fixed by: > >> >> Clean your local apt cache: >> >> >> >> apt-get clean Yet again with the same... Now we know the error is not at the user side, that can make sense but not before. Anyway, I was thinking in "E: Couldn't rebuild package cache" message that was one of the first errors the OP got. >> But apt was not complaining on the "local" index files... > > So you are refering to a different error to the one from above? i.e. NOT > error 1 ? > If yes, then it wasn't clear from your post. Then read the thread starting from the first post, dude. >> > The command "apt-get clean" clears out files under: >> > /var/cache/apt/archives/ >> > >> > Just wiped out your downloaded files. :( > >> And that was exactly the point, removing the local cache of downloaded >> deb files which could be bad or broken because of the presence of a >> proxy. > > Really? In what way do you mean bad or broken? Each package is digitally > signed. I've seen problems in the past when using apt-get or aptitude and the local cache was not generated properly. A broken connection or using a proxy can trigger that. > In fact, if the subject is correct, any files under > "/var/cache/apt/archives/" have nothing to do with aptitude update > failing. The subject of the post is one thing and the logs and tests done afterwards are another thing. The problem was finally at the repos. > Sorry if I misunderstood, but your sugestion that: apt-get clean > > will fix the error: > > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > > is simply not true. Yes, you reached the wrong conclusion for my advice because I had not in mind to solve a specific message error what's what you seemed to understand... Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jpdqq5$leu$1...@dough.gmane.org