apt-get problem (Debian sources down?)

malbery · 12-02-2004, 04:34 AM

I am assuming that my sarge sources are still valid:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Code:

# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sarge main

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main

When I run apt-get update I get the following:

Code:

 
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
  416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Get:1 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release [111B]
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
  Bad header line
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
  Bad header line
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release
  Bad header line
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources [1256kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release [83B]
Fetched 1256kB in 2m47s (7486B/s)
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...86/Packages.gz  416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...y-i386/Release  Bad header line
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...86/Packages.gz  Bad header line
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dist...y-i386/Release  Bad header line
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Are my sources out of date? Or are other people using the same sources without these problems? I can't think what I could have changed that could be producing this problem.

Thanks

PS From reading spanish postings on this problem (http://llistes.bulma.net/pipermail/b...13/011670.html) the concensus is that the problem is to do with an ISP proxy server caching an out of date version of files. Could this be? If so, are there mirrors of the debian sources elsewhere (that might not be cached incorrectly)?

PPS I have tried both apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean, to no effect.

Wells · 12-02-2004, 06:06 AM

This is going to sound a bit silly, but have you tried downloading from a different location? http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ isn't the only mirror of sarge, and I have to wonder if perhaps by changing to a different location you can get around this problem.

malbery · 12-02-2004, 06:30 AM

Thanks for the quick reply Wells.

I've tried these sources:

Code:

deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free

but there appear to be many less packages (I already have installed 90% of these, whereas before I had very few of the available packages).

malbery · 12-02-2004, 06:39 AM

Ok, I found ftp equivalents (?) for my http sources here:

Code:

deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free

Using those, I get the following:

Code:

 Get:1 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  '
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
Get:2 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
Get:3 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages [3171kB]
Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
Get:4 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main Release [81B]
Get:5 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Packages [56.5kB]
Get:6 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Release [84B]
Get:7 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Packages [60.6kB]
Get:8 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Release [85B]
Get:9 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main Sources [1256kB]
Get:10 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main Release [83B]
Get:11 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Sources [25.1kB]
Get:12 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/contrib Release [86B]
Get:13 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Sources [24.2kB]
Get:14 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/non-free Release [87B]
Fetched 4594kB in 2m7s (36.0kB/s)
Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/test...86/Packages.gz  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  '
Reading Package Lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_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.

What might I be doing wrong here?

Thanks.

Wells · 12-02-2004, 07:51 AM

Hrm....it looks as if there is a problem with your connection or something, perhaps having to do with that proxy that you are running through. Have you tried directly FTP-ing any of those files and seeing what happens? Just to check against myself, I set my sources.list to the same as yours, and this was the result of my update:

Code:

wombat:~# apt-get update
Hit http://www.gnome.org ./ Packages
Hit http://www.gnome.org ./ Release
Hit http://www.gnome.org ./ Sources
Get:1 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages [20B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release [111B]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages [3171kB]
Hit http://www.gnome.org ./ Release
Hit ftp://ftp.tux.org sarge/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.tux.org sarge/non-free Release
Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release [81B]
Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages [56.5kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release [84B]
Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources [1256kB]
Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release [83B]
Fetched 4484kB in 20s (220kB/s)

As you can see, a very clean update.

malbery · 12-02-2004, 12:19 PM

Hmm. It seems I needed to configure the sources for ftp better:

Code:

deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

Using these sources it works:

Code:

Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release
Get:1 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Packages [60.6kB]
Get:2 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Release [85B]
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources
Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release
Get:3 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Sources [25.1kB]
Get:4 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Release [86B]
Get:5 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Sources [24.2kB]
Get:6 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Release [87B]
Fetched 110kB in 52s (2102B/s)
Reading Package Lists... Done

The http sources were previously:
[CODE]
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
/CODE]

Hopes this helps anyone else with the same issue.
Thanks for the help Wells, much appreciated.