On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2011-01-28 21:07 +0100, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > >> Attempting my usual aptitude update and package download today: >> >> aptitude update && aptitude -dy full-upgrade >> >> ... I noticed that the full-upgrade didn't run. >> >> Checking aptitude's exit status, I found it was '255', though no errors >> were displayed. >> >> Neither strace nor '-v' options (tried multiple to 4-5) provide any more >> illumination. I'll omit strace here, but -v output is: >> >> # aptitude -v update; echo "Status: $?" >> . >> . >> . >> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64 >> Packages/DiffIndex >> Fetched 5,406 B in 13s (407 B/s) >> >> Current status: 0 broken [+0], 77 >> updates [+0], 16521 new [+0] >> >> >> Trying apt-get, however, gives: >> >> # apt-get update >> . >> . >> . >> Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex >> W: Failed to fetch >> http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release Unable to >> find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file >> (malformed Release file?) >> >> W: Failed to fetch >> http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian/dists/unreleased/Release Unable to >> find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file >> (malformed Release file?) >> >> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old >> ones used instead. >> >> (I'd added the debian-ports archive a week or so back to try to install >> a package since removed from the main archive). >> >> Obvious short-term fix is to remove debian-ports from >> /etc/apt/sources.list, but it would seem aptitude's error handling >> should also be improved. >> >> Anything else I should note before filing a bug? > > This has been reported already: http://bugs.debian.org/563887. > Unfortunately, aptitude's main (i.e. only) developer seems to have > disappeared. :-( Daniel, we miss you ! :-(
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