On Thursday 30 June 2005 17:56, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 05:47:37PM +0200, Jan De Luyck wrote: > > On Thursday 30 June 2005 16:42, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > > That's odd...it may be that the error message is misleading, though. > > > Did you try downloading the .bz2 file and testing it? > > > > Well, fact is, there is no .bz2 file. Only a .gz. > > It certainly works with other archives which have only Packages.gz...I > wonder what's weird about experimental.
Well, it's an intermittent problem it seems. Two runs, directly one after another (sources file reduced to only experimental) precious:/etc/apt# apt-get update Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental Release.gpg Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental Release Get:1 ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages Ign ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages Get:2 ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages Ign ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages Get:3 ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages Ign ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages Get:4 ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages [146kB] Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages Fetched 146kB in 2s (59.0kB/s) Reading package lists... Done precious:/etc/apt# apt-get update Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental Release.gpg Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental Release Get:1 ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages Ign ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages 99% [Packages bzip2 0] [Query] bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows. bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. Err ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) 99% [Working] bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly; perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows. bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. Err ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Hit ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/../project/experimental/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process bzip2 returned an e rror code (2) Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/../project/experimental/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process bzip2 returned an er ror code (2) Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_d ebian_dists_.._project_experimental_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_de bian_dists_.._project_experimental_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_d ebian_dists_.._project_experimental_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org ../project/experimental/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_de bian_dists_.._project_experimental_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. precious:/etc/apt# Can I debug in one way or another what exactly APT is trying to download? -- A paranoid is a man who knows a little of what's going on. -- William S. Burroughs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
