at bottom :- On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:43 AM, Stefan Fritsch <s...@sfritsch.de> wrote: > The fact that it does not download the whole file if patching of the > old one fails is certainly a bug. As workaround, you can delete > /var/cache/apt/apt-file/*experimental_contrib* manually and rerun > "apt-file update".
Dear Stefan, Thank you for getting back to me. There isn't a *experimental_contrib* directory or file anywhere. /var/cache/apt/apt-file$ ls ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.au.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_contrib_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_non-free_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.debian.net_debian_dists_experimental_main_Contents-amd64.gz http.debian.net_debian_dists_experimental_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.debian.net_debian_dists_testing_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz http.debian.net_debian_dists_testing_contrib_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.debian.net_debian_dists_testing_main_Contents-amd64.gz http.debian.net_debian_dists_testing_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.debian.net_debian_dists_testing_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz http.debian.net_debian_dists_testing_non-free_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.debian.net_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.gz http.debian.net_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.debian.net_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.gz http.debian.net_debian_dists_unstable_main_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.debian.net_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.gz http.debian.net_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_Contents-amd64.IndexDiff http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_Contents-amd64.gz http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_squeeze_Contents-amd64.gz www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_sid_main_Contents-amd64.gz www.deb-multimedia.org_dists_sid_main_Contents-amd64.gz This is my /etc/apt/sources.list if that gives any more info. which might be relevant and missing :- $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list # Debian Testing (Wheezy) deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free # Debian SID (sometimes using now) deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free # Debian experimental repository - needs to be careful here deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main # Debian Stable deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free # Debian-Multimedia.org Repository #deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main non-free #deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main non-free # Debian-Multimedia.org Experimental Repository -need to be careful here #deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org experimental main non-free #deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org experimental main non-free Looking forward to your reply. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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