Bug#366788: apt: Refuses to accept older pre-existing package repositories that worked perfectly under immediate previous versions.

2006-08-13 Thread Barrie Millar
Hi I've recently had another chance to look at this bug to see if I can determine what the problem is. After some troubleshooting which included re-generating Packages.gz files, removing items from sources.list and fiddling around with the Release files in some of the repositories, I noticed a str

Bug#366788: apt: Refuses to accept older pre-existing package repositories that worked perfectly under immediate previous versions.

2006-05-28 Thread Barrie Millar
Hi Just an additional note in case this helps. I ran the following test and came up with an interesting result. If I use the previous version of Apt (0.6.43.3) and run "apt-get update" and then install the newest version and run "apt-get update" again, it works perfectly. But if I then change

Bug#366788: apt: Refuses to accept older pre-existing package repositories that worked perfectly under immediate previous versions.

2006-05-17 Thread Barrie Millar
Hi On Mon, 15 May 2006 12:55:19 +0200 Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Reading package lists... Error! > >> > E: Unable to parse package file > >> > /var/lib/apt/lists/_home_deb-i386_archive_official1_binary_Release > > (1) > >> > E: Problem opening > >> > /var/li

Bug#366788: apt: Refuses to accept older pre-existing package repositories that worked perfectly under immediate previous versions.

2006-05-15 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Barrie Millar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > On Thu, 11 May 2006 12:02:22 +0200 > Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 03:15:54AM +0100, Barrie Millar wrote: >> > Package: apt >> > Version: 0.6.44 >> > Severity: important >> >> Thanks for your bugreport. >>

Bug#366788: apt: Refuses to accept older pre-existing package repositories that worked perfectly under immediate previous versions.

2006-05-13 Thread Barrie Millar
Hi On Thu, 11 May 2006 12:02:22 +0200 Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 03:15:54AM +0100, Barrie Millar wrote: > > Package: apt > > Version: 0.6.44 > > Severity: important > > Thanks for your bugreport. > > > After upgrading to the newest version of Apt shown

Bug#366788: apt: Refuses to accept older pre-existing package repositories that worked perfectly under immediate previous versions.

2006-05-11 Thread Michael Vogt
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 03:15:54AM +0100, Barrie Millar wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.44 > Severity: important Thanks for your bugreport. > After upgrading to the newest version of Apt shown above, running "apt-get > update" results in the following error. > > Reading package lists...

Bug#366788: apt: Refuses to accept older pre-existing package repositories that worked perfectly under immediate previous versions.

2006-05-10 Thread Barrie Millar
Package: apt Version: 0.6.44 Severity: important Hi After upgrading to the newest version of Apt shown above, running "apt-get update" results in the following error. Reading package lists... Error! E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/_home_deb-i386_archive_official1_binary_Rel