On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Jeff Sheinberg wrote:
> W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://mirrors.rcn.net woody/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.rcn.net_pub_debian_dists_woody_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://mirrors.rcn.net woody/contrib > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.rcn.net_pub_debian_dists_woody_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://mirrors.rcn.net woody/non-free > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.rcn.net_pub_debian_dists_woody_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://mirrors.rcn.net woody/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.rcn.net_pub_debian_dists_woody_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://mirrors.rcn.net woody/contrib > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.rcn.net_pub_debian_dists_woody_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://mirrors.rcn.net woody/non-free > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.rcn.net_pub_debian_dists_woody_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > Press enter to continue. > > 3. The above "W" errors were caused by two instances of apt being > active simultaneously, the details of which are documented in > Debian BTS #119509. That is also the cause of this problem, the index data to do the 'auto' function as you would expect does not exist, such a situation is essentialy 'user error'. Jason
