Hi again, Thanks for the data. Unfortunately, it did reveal a smoking gun, so I think we need /tmp/update.log generated from this command.
apt -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker=1 \ -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Diffs=1 update \ 2>&1 | tee /tmp/update.log Please attach the file rather than copy-paste in the output from it. calumlikesapple...@gmail.com: >>> [...] >> [...] > >> $ apt-config dump Acquire::IndexTargets > > I'll paste the full output below > Thanks. Everything looks like it was in order. >> file:/etc/apt/apt-file.conf (if it exists) > > This file doesn't exist, though I attached what I think is it's > equivalent in my initial message. That is fine. I hoped as much as most people do not need it. :) >> This will show the effective fetching configuration for apt and apt- >> file. >> Relatedly, just to confirm: The bug is on the system you are >> reporting >> from (i.e. running testing/sid) and you run "apt update" at least >> once a week. Are these assumptions of mine correct? > Yes, that's correct. > > [...] > Thanks for confirming.