On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Sasha Volkoff wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.5.4 (debian woody 3.0r1) > Session: > mafalda:~# apt-get update > Get:1 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages [146kB] > Get:2 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release [110B] > Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages > Waited, for gzip but it wasn't there > Fetched 147kB in 6s (21.5kB/s) > Failed to fetch > http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages > Waited, for gzip but it wasn't there > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org > stable/updates/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones > used instead.
Does gunzip exist, and runs correctly? How about running this command: strace -ff -o /tmp/apt-get.log apt-get update then tarring up all of /tmp/apt-get.log.*, gzipping it, and placing it online somewhere?

