Just to be clear. For the archives. On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 03:55:49PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2012 03:11:30 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
This: (We'll call it error 1 for clarity) > >> > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or > >> > old ones used instead. is not fixed by: > >> Clean your local apt cache: > >> > >> apt-get clean > But apt was not complaining on the "local" index files... So you are refering to a different error to the one from above? i.e. NOT error 1 ? If yes, then it wasn't clear from your post. > > The command "apt-get clean" clears out files under: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > > > Just wiped out your downloaded files. :( > And that was exactly the point, removing the local cache of downloaded > deb files which could be bad or broken because of the presence of a proxy. Really? In what way do you mean bad or broken? Each package is digitally signed. In fact, if the subject is correct, any files under "/var/cache/apt/archives/" have nothing to do with aptitude update failing. Sorry if I misunderstood, but your sugestion that: apt-get clean will fix the error: E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. is simply not true. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120521153054.GF24726@tal
