Today this happened again. The network was not down, the update procress just trashed this file /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu .com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en.
$ ls -la /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139409 Jul 22 20:39 /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en $ md5sum /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en 9973902173d752742a88d4fba41b5f43 /var/lib/apt/lists/za.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en Note: This also happens on another machine runing 14.04 in exactly the same way. So since this is happening on more than one machine and repeatedly, I'm updating this to confirmed ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1343205 Title: apt fails to get update for language files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1343205/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs