I take it back. I simplified my sources.list to: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
removed all the cached package files in /var/lib/apt/lists, and ran apt-get update. This worked: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:808]$ sudo apt-get update Get: 1 http://http.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [189B] Get: 2 http://http.us.debian.org etch Release [62.9kB] Get: 3 http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages [4085kB] Get: 4 http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages [52.1kB] Get: 5 http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages [73.8kB] Fetched 4274kB in 28s (149kB/s) Reading package lists... Done I again removed the package files, and ran aptitude update. This bombed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:812]$ sudo aptitude update Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org etch Release [62.9kB] Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages [4085kB] Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages [52.1kB] Get:5 http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages [73.8kB] Fetched 4274kB in 23s (179kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org etch/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Guess I should report a bug against aptitude? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
