On 2013-07-31 23:25, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Package: apt-file > Version: 2.5.2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > Whenever I run apt-file update I get this particular statement local > file too old everytime I run it. >
Hi, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this. > Downloading Index > http://debian.ec.as6453.net/debian/dists/experimental/contrib/Contents-amd64.diff/Index: > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time > Current > Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed > 100 7819 100 7819 0 0 17587 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 17690 > Calculating old sha1sum... > local file too old > This message appears if the SHA1 checksum of the file does not appear in the PDiff index. This normally occurs if the local file is too old and the mirror no longer provides PDiffs for that file. There are two other reasons I can think of; the locale file has been corrupted or the Index file downloaded from the mirror has been corrupted. > But this happens ONLY with experimental/contrib and none of the other > ones. This is my /etc/apt/sources.list > This particular note makes the bug very interesting. > [...] > > Now from what I understand and understood it finds the local file too > old and downloads a new version (does it ? ) but then complains about > the same thing the next time around. > > This is the list as in /var/cache/apt/apt-file :- > > [...] > > The experimental/contrib is at the very top then why it does tell that > everytime? > > How come the experimental/contrib is too old each time but others are not ? > > Looking forward to answers. > > [...] Try taking a sha1sum of your current file and comparing to the list of sha1sums from the mirror: http://debian.ec.as6453.net/debian/dists/experimental/contrib/Contents-amd64.diff/Index ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
