On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:36:32 +0100, Berni Elbourn wrote: > Hi, > > Our nice network chappie has opened restriction on .gpg, .gz .bz2 > .deb and files without . but something is is still not working... > > Here's a log of an aptitude update: > > 94% [6 Translation-en_GB bzip2 0] [Connecting to ftp.uk.debian.org > (83.142.228.bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. > Ign http://ftp.uk.debian.org lenny/main Translation-en_GB > > 63% [7 Translation-en_GB bzip2 0] [Connecting to ftp.uk.debian.org > (83.142.228.bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. > > And then things fall apart...repeating gets forever. > > I am sorry but looking over the repository I cant find Translation-en_GB > > > What real file is involved here please so we can add to the filter > exceptions?
As far as I understand it, apt(itude) should realize that there are no Translation-en_GB.* files in the main/i18n directory and therefore it should ignore the translation and move on. Is it possible that your filtering/proxy setup returns some notification text (instead of a 404 error) if a non-existing or blocked file is requested from the web? I could see how that might confuse apt. The messages that you posted suggest that apt does receive some content for the translation file and I do not think that this content comes from the Debian server. > Are there any others we should check? What happens if you try to retrieve the non-existing translation file with wget? wget http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.bz2 You should see a 404 error ("not found"). (Replace "http://" with "ftp://" if the latter is what you have specified in your sources.list.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org