Package: apt Version: 0.3.13 Severity: important Once I add a CD-ROM using apt-cdrom, apt-get update returns an error. If one of the FTP mirrors is down (eg ftp.at.debian.org), the update also fails.
# apt-cdrom add Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/ Unmounting CD-ROM Please insert a Disc in the drive and press enter Mounting CD-ROM Identifying.. [411dec9b5c0dcae6047ee44b8005a35c-2] Scanning Disc for index files.. Found 2 package indexes and 0 source indexes. This Disc is called 'Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1) 1_4 main binary-i386 section 1 SAM19990306' Reading Package Indexes... Done Wrote 1152 records. Writing new source list Source List entries for this Disc are: deb "cdrom:Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1) 1_4 main binary-i386 section 1 SAM199903 06/" debian/dists/frozen/contrib/binary-i386/ deb "cdrom:Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1) 1_4 main binary-i386 section 1 SAM199903 06/" debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/ Repeat this process for the rest of the CDs in your set. # apt-get update Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/contrib Release Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/non-free Release Failed to fetch cdrom:Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1) 1_4 main binary-i386 section 1 SAM19990306/debian/dists/froz en/contrib/binary-i386/Packages Method gave a blank filename Failed to fetch cdrom:Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1) 1_4 main binary-i386 section 1 SAM19990306/debian/dists/froz en/contrib/binary-i386/Release Method gave a blank filename Failed to fetch cdrom:Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1) 1_4 main binary-i386 section 1 SAM19990306/debian/dists/froz en/main/binary-i386/Packages Method gave a blank filename Failed to fetch cdrom:Debian GNU_Linux slink (2.1) 1_4 main binary-i386 section 1 SAM19990306/debian/dists/froz en/main/binary-i386/Release Method gave a blank filename Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. # echo $? 100 # I am using an updated Debian system from unstable, kernel version 2.2.11-ac3, libc-2.1.2, bash 2.02.1(1)-release on an ix86. Apt has not worked satisfactorily since 0.3.11 (which now conflicts with debconf).
