You can get the size of a file with the command (in the terminal): "ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_dists_sarge_main_binary- i386_Packages".
I strongly suspect the answer you'll end up getting, is that a sources.list file with debian repositories is not a supported configuration, and that we must therefore close this bug out; but I'm not comfortable saying that _just_ yet. However, you're probably right that a reinstall may be necessary: chances are pretty good that various packages have gotten a bit messed up. It still doesn't seem like you should get that sort of error from this sort of problem, though (which is why I haven't closed the bug out). -- error running apt-get update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
