At least some of my problems seem to have been from a bad entry in the conf file. I had squeak http:box2.squeakfoundation.org/files/debian which I have since corrected to (was missing //) squeak http://box2.squeakfoundation.org/files/debian
That server is currently unreachable. Before the correction, not only did import fail, but efforts to download produced -------------------------------------------------- # apt-get -d dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: acroread w32codecs 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. W: Couldn't stat source package list http://debian.betterworld.us sarge/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.betterworld.us:9999_security_dists_sarge_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://debian.betterworld.us etch/security-updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/debian.betterworld.us:9999_secure-testing_dists_etch_security-updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) # etc W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: The package index files are corrupted. No Filename: field for package acroread. ------------------------------------------------------ Since that correction, aptitude update works better, complaining "only" ----------------------------------------------------- Get:7 http://debian.betterworld.us unstable Release.gpg [189B] Err http://debian.betterworld.us unstable Release.gpg Bad header line #... Get:12 http://debian.betterworld.us etch/security-updates/contrib Packages [1471B] 99% [12 Packages bzip2 0] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file. Err http://debian.betterworld.us etch/security-updates/contrib Packages Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) # .... E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/debian.betterworld.us:9999_secure-testing_dists_etch_security-updates_non-free_source_Sources.IndexDiff (1) -------------------------------------------------- and apt-get dist-upgrade is now running. I have not attempted to apt-proxy-import. The reaction to the malformed URI may be a separate issue from the others. Ross -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
