Hi, today i updated my headless Sid VM and saw new messages like
Err:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Sources.diff/Index Couldn't find the start of the patch series Should i worry ? (Should i activate the backup of the virtual disk and try again ?) The last update was in september 2025. Its recorded log does not contain "Err" messages. In contrast to that update in 2025, some final lines after Reading package lists... Done were missing today: Building dependency tree... Reading state information... 873 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. A new last line appeared instead: N: Some sources can be modernized. Run 'apt modernize-sources' to do so. The subsequent dist-upgrade lasted long enough to indicate that "update" brought info about lots of upgradable packages. Command and full list of update messages: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable InRelease [187 kB] Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Sources.diff/Index [63.6 kB] Err:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Sources.diff/Index Couldn't find the start of the patch series Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index [63.6 kB] Err:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index Couldn't find the start of the patch series Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Translation-en.diff/Index [63.6 kB] Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Translation-en.diff/Index [63.6 kB] Ign:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Sources.diff/Index Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Translation-en.diff/Index [63.6 kB] Ign:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index Err:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Translation-en.diff/Index Couldn't find the start of the patch series Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Contents (deb).diff/Index [63.8 kB] Err:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Contents (deb).diff/Index Couldn't find the start of the patch series Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main all Contents (deb).diff/Index [63.8 kB] Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main all Contents (deb).diff/Index [63.8 kB] Ign:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Translation-en.diff/Index Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main all Contents (deb).diff/Index [63.8 kB] Ign:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Contents (deb).diff/Index Err:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main all Contents (deb).diff/Index Couldn't find the start of the patch series Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Components [5,227 kB] Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Icons (48x48) [3,701 kB] Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Icons (48x48) [3,701 kB] Ign:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main all Contents (deb).diff/Index Get:9 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Icons (64x64) [7,452 kB] Get:10 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Sources [11.5 MB] Get:11 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages [10.4 MB] Get:12 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main Translation-en [7,549 kB] Get:13 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Contents (deb) [14.5 MB] Get:14 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable/main all Contents (deb) [42.2 MB] Fetched 103 MB in 19s (5,469 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done N: Some sources can be modernized. Run 'apt modernize-sources' to do so. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Active lines in sources.list : $ grep '^[^#]' /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Have a nice day :) Thomas
