Hi I've recently had another chance to look at this bug to see if I can determine what the problem is. After some troubleshooting which included re-generating Packages.gz files, removing items from sources.list and fiddling around with the Release files in some of the repositories, I noticed a strange pattern in the results. Those generated under an installed copy of Woody no longer worked, but those generated under Sarge worked perfectly.
I found this too suspicious for words, but changing the release from Woody to Sarge in the "Release" files made no difference at all. However, after comparing a version of the Release file in newer repositories with those previously created, I found that there was an extra newline at the end of the newer versions. Adding a newline to the end of the older ones solved the problem. I still think this has to be included as a bug for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the error messages did not clearly define the cause of Apt's difficulties in processing those repositories. Although it might seem more obvious now, it's clear from this bug itself that I wasn't the only one fooled by the potential origins of the problem. Secondly, this problem has only started appearing after version 0.6.43.3 of Apt. This version and those before it work perfectly and therefore I see no reason why future ones also shouldn't. It seems a little crazy that Apt will no longer support older repositories simply because they have a newline missing at the end of the Release file. Thanks Regards, Barrie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
