Package: aptitude Version: 0.2.15.9-2 Followup-For: Bug #290480 I had precisely this problem after a Ctrl-C at the wrong time.
The solution for me was to remove one of the source lines in /etc/apt/sources.list that at the time had packages that were not downloadable. aptitude update and then it worked. I think this has something to do with undownloadable packages or unreachable archives. The problem is not new. See, for example, http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/04/msg09888.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/09/msg04996.html http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2004/06/msg00197.html /Mikael -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686 Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3 0.5.28.6 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0.0-9 GCC support library ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsigc++-1.2-5c102 1.2.5-4 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
