Package: apt Version: 0.8.11 Severity: important In Sid on the sparc and powerpc architectures I can no more update the package lists as apt-get update (as well as aptitude update and aptitude -u) fail with the following error messages.
On sparc (apt/0.8.11; from which the bug report is written from): [...] Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org stable/main TranslationIndex Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org stable/non-free TranslationIndex Get:4 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main 2011-02-09-0809.51.pdiff [4,268 B] Get:5 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free 2011-02-09-1408.39.pdiff [42 B] Get:6 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib 2011-02-09-0809.51.pdiff [607 B] Get:7 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main sparc 2011-02-09-0809.51.pdiff [23.1 kB] Get:8 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free sparc 2011-02-09-1408.39.pdiff [63 B] Get:9 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib sparc 2011-02-09-0809.51.pdiff [653 B] Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Translation-de Get:10 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main 2011-02-09-0809.51.pdiff [4,268 B] E: Method rred has died unexpectedly! E: Sub-process rred received a segmentation fault. On powerpc (apt/0.8.11.1; with German locale settings): [...] Hole:6 http://debian.ethz.ch testing/main 2011-02-11-0216.23.pdiff [4'827 B] OK http://debian.ethz.ch sid/main Sources/DiffIndex OK http://debian.ethz.ch sid/non-free Sources/DiffIndex OK http://debian.ethz.ch sid/contrib Sources/DiffIndex OK http://debian.ethz.ch sid/main powerpc Packages/DiffIndex OK http://debian.ethz.ch sid/non-free powerpc Packages/DiffIndex OK http://debian.ethz.ch sid/contrib powerpc Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://debian.ethz.ch sid/contrib TranslationIndex OK http://debian.ethz.ch sid/main TranslationIndex Ign http://debian.ethz.ch sid/non-free TranslationIndex OK http://deb.opera.com sid Release Hole:7 http://debian.ethz.ch testing/main 2011-02-11-0216.23.pdiff [4'827 B] E: Method rred has died unexpectedly! E: Unterprozess rred hat einen Speicherzugriffsfehler empfangen. If I put 'Acquire::PDiffs "false";' into /etc/apt/apt.conf, it fails, too, but differently. On sparc: [...] Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-de Fetched 12.2 MB in 1min 19s (154 kB/s) W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_source_Sources Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-sparc_Packages Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-sparc_Packages Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_binary-sparc_Packages Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_source_Sources Hash Sum mismatch W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-sparc_Packages Hash Sum mismatch E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. On powerpc: [...] Ign http://debian.ethz.ch stable/non-free Translation-en Es wurden 22.8 MB in 32 s geholt (692 kB/s) W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/debian.ethz.ch_debian_dists_testing_main_source_Sources Hash-Summe stimmt nicht überein W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/debian.ethz.ch_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-powerpc_Packages Hash-Summe stimmt nicht überein W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/debian.ethz.ch_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources Hash-Summe stimmt nicht überein W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/debian.ethz.ch_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-powerpc_Packages Hash-Summe stimmt nicht überein W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/debian.ethz.ch_debian_dists_sid_contrib_binary-powerpc_Packages Hash-Summe stimmt nicht überein W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/debian.ethz.ch_debian_dists_experimental_main_source_Sources Hash-Summe stimmt nicht überein W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/debian.ethz.ch_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-powerpc_Packages Hash-Summe stimmt nicht überein E: Einige Indexdateien konnten nicht heruntergeladen werden, sie wurden ignoriert oder alte an ihrer Stelle benutzt. -- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "sparc"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "false"; APT::Install-Suggests "false"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Update ""; APT::Update::Pre-Invoke ""; APT::Update::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/daptup ]; then /usr/bin/daptup --pre; fi"; APT::Update::Post-Invoke ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/daptup ]; then /usr/bin/daptup --post; fi"; APT::Default-Release "unstable"; APT::Cache-Limit "33554432"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; Acquire ""; Acquire::cdrom ""; Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi"; Aptitude ""; Aptitude::UI ""; Aptitude::UI::Default-Grouping "filter(missing),status,section(subdir,passthrough),pattern(~O, !~O => other),pattern(~A, !~A => other),section(topdir),priority"; Aptitude::UI::HelpBar "false"; Aptitude::UI::Menubar-Autohide "true"; Aptitude::UI::Minibuf-Prompts "true"; Aptitude::UI::Incremental-Search "false"; Aptitude::UI::InfoAreaTabs "false"; Aptitude::UI::Advance-On-Action "true"; Aptitude::UI::Description-Visible-By-Default "false"; Aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M%S%i %p %r %Z %I %15v %15V"; Aptitude::ProblemResolver ""; Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Allow-Break-Holds "true"; Aptitude::AutoClean-After-Update "true"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 990 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 400 Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 110 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib # security.debian.org and our inofficial mirror deb http://security.debian.ethz.ch/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.ethz.ch/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.ethz.ch/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.ethz.ch/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free # Other 3rd-party resources deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-snapshot/ sid non-free #deb ftp://ftp.ethgen.de/pub/debian testing unofficial #deb-src ftp://ftp.ethgen.de/pub/debian testing unofficial #deb ftp://ftp.ethgen.de/pub/debian sid unofficial #deb-src ftp://ftp.ethgen.de/pub/debian sid unofficial #deb http://debian.isg.ee.ethz.ch/isg.ee-ubuntu gutsy main #deb-src http://debian.isg.ee.ethz.ch/isg.ee-ubuntu gutsy main deb http://noone.org/apt sid main non-free deb-src http://noone.org/apt sid main non-free deb http://noone.org/conkeror-nightly-debs sid main deb-src http://noone.org/conkeror-nightly-debs sid main
-- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (400, 'stable'), (110, 'experimental') Architecture: sparc (sparc64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-sparc64 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-10 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.2 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.10 Debian package development tools ii python-apt 0.7.100.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii xz-lzma [lzma] 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities - -- no debconf information