I'm getting problems with 404 codes on apt-get dist-upgrade or install attempts, in particular, from http.us.debian.org.
A typical result is like:
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or \
old ones used instead.
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python2.1 python2.1-tk python2.2
The following packages have been kept back
aspell gabber galeon gtkhtml libgtkhtml18 libnspr4 libsmpeg0 \
lynx-ssl mozilla
mozilla-browser mozilla-mailnews mutt python-tk python1.5-tk \
sgmltools-lite
skipstone smpeg-xmms tetex-extra tuxeyes vim xfs-xtt xmms-infinity
61 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Need to get 39.4MB/39.9MB of archives. After unpacking 11.9MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org \
unstable/main dpkg 1.9.18 [1036kB]
Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main gzip 1.3.2-1
404 Not Found [IP: 35.9.37.225 80]
Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main sysvinit 2.83-2 [108kB]
Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main freeamp-doc \
2.1.final-6 [281kB]
Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main lilo 1:22.1-1 [171kB]
Get:5 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main net-tools 1.60-2 [230kB]
[...]
Get:39 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main lilo-doc 1:22.1-1 [239kB]
Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main netpbm 2:9.20-2
404 Not Found [IP: 35.9.37.225 80]
Get:40 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main orbit 0.5.12-1 [123kB]
...a more recent example has even more instances of same.
I've taken to running a loop similar to:
$ while ! apt-get upgrade -d; do apt-get update; done
...which loops until success of the apt-get upgrade. This is a bit
brute force (I may add a timer delay), but I've also found the situation
tends to resolve itself given time. Any ideas what's going on? I've
found a few list references but no satisfying explanation.
Peace.
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