Hi, I can reproduce this here too. aptitude fails but returns 0 and does not tell me what the problem is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude update Get:1 http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates Release Get:2 http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates/main Packages [326kB] Fetched 327kB in 0s (2141kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi:9999_security_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $? 0 but apt-get reports what error is and exits with 100: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update Get:1 http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates Release Get:2 http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates/main Packages [326kB] Fetched 327kB in 0s (2556kB/s) Failed to fetch http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi:9999/security/dists/etch/updates/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz MD5Sum mismatch Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi etch/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/apt-proxy.kurp.hut.fi:9999_security_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-amd64_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. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $? 100 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]