jeb wrote: > I've used dselect/apt for a long time to update my debian > distribution. For the last several days when I tried to update I get > the following message. > > Updating package file cache... > E: Line 3 in package file > /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_potat > o_main_binary-i386_Packages is too long.(2) > > I tried getting distribution from different sites -- no luck. > > I looked at the file mentioned. Line 3 is a normal line. > > I did apt-get clean to start over. > > I get the same message regardless of whether I download main, > non-free, or contrib sections of the dist. I tried them all > separately -- same result. > > The message seems unhelpful to me. Does anyone have a clue as to > what's happening and how to fix it? > > I'm not sure what version of apt I have. That's one of things I was > trying to upgrade. > > Thanks, > > JEB > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Hello I had the same problem , if I remember : use ftp or dselect/ftp install new version of apt (perhaps dpkg too) bye
