Package: apt
Version: 3.3.3
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]

# apt build-dep accountsservice
Error: You must put some 'deb-src' URIs in your sources.list

Looked into "/var/lib/apt/lists/". It has the InRelease files, but missing
package data.

"apt update" followed by "apt build-dep <pkg>" fixes the issue, but this never
happened before.

"apt build-dep <pkg>" works sometimes because the files are there, and
sometimes fails when the files are missing.

Guess the files in "/var/lib/apt/lists/" are periodically cleaned?


-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --


-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources --

# Modernized from /etc/apt/sources.list
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: unstable
Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware 
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

# Modernized from /etc/apt/sources.list
Types: deb
URIs: http://debug.mirrors.debian.org/debian-debug/
Suites: unstable-debug
Components: main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

# Modernized from /etc/apt/sources.list
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/
Suites: experimental
Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware 
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

# Modernized from /etc/apt/sources.list
Types: deb
URIs: http://debug.mirrors.debian.org/debian-debug/
Suites: experimental-debug
Components: main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 7.2.8+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), 
LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.159
ii  base-passwd             3.6.8
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2025.1
ii  libapt-pkg7.0           3.3.3
ii  libc6                   2.43-6
ii  libgcc-s1               16.2.0-3
ii  libseccomp2             2.6.1-1+b1
ii  libssl3t64              3.6.4-1
ii  libstdc++6              16.2.0-3
ii  libsystemd0             262-1
ii  sqv                     1.5.0-1

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20260816

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  aptitude        0.8.13-8.1
ii  dpkg-dev        1.23.11
ii  gnupg           2.4.9-7
pn  powermgmt-base  <none>
ii  synaptic        0.91.7

-- no debconf information

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