Bug #400560 (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400560 ) has been filed for this failure.
It seems to be associated with some sort of earlier failure (power failure in one case, ``failed update'' in the other). I had a failed update earlier, but don't remember the circumstances. The second reporter suggests emptying sources.list and reloading. I'm using Synaptic, and did the equivalent: in Settings > Repositories, uncheck everything, then do an update. That went through, and when I rechecked the repositories, it worked just fine. -- Best wishes, Max Hyre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]