apt stuck! clear out 0 byte files from the mirrors

Better get those 0 byte files off of the mirrors. Apt is stuck. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595691 That's the only way to get out of this mess without needing to alert users. Get rid of the zero byte files on the mirrors, push out a new apt, and hope nobody notices. You can

apt stuck! clear out 0 byte files from the mirrors

OK, it seems only debian-multimedia has the problem. I'll tell maril...@debian.org to please see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595691 . P.S., the way the progress messages appear, one cannot tell which server we are working with, but instead the last transaction completed etc.