looking at the source, i think i see the problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# apt-get -o Debug::pkgAcquire::Diffs=true update Get:1 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid Release.gpg [378B] Get:2 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid Release [79.6kB] 99% [2 Release gpgv 79562]pkgAcqDiffIndex: http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index pkgAcqIndexDiffs::pkgAcqIndexDiffs(): /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.se.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages Custom600Header-IMS: /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.se.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages.IndexDiff Get:3 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid/main Packages/DiffIndex [2038B] 97% [3 Packages 0/2038B 0%]pkgAcqDiffIndex::Done(): http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index Renaming: /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.se.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages.DiffIndex -> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.se.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages.IndexDiff pkgAcqIndexDiffs::ParseIndexDiff() /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.se.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages.IndexDiff SHA1-Current: 5e2f68bec8b76e723623f268fe72fb714540c986 Can't find a patch in the index file pkgAcqDiffIndex failed: http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index Falling back to normal index file aquire pkgAcqDiffIndex failed: http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.diff/Index Falling back to normal index file aquire Get:4 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid/main Packages [5779kB] Get:5 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid/main Packages [5779kB]
the file is being queued twice by some broken login in the acquire-item.cc code. if you look in the function pkgAcqDiffIndex::ParseDiffIndex() you'll find: // no information how to get the patches, bail out if(!found) { if(Debug) std::clog << "Can't find a patch in the index file" << std::endl; // Failed will queue a big package file Failed("", NULL); } which would make sense, *except*, later on it will return false. outside in the calling function pkgAcqDiffIndex::Done(), we have if(!ParseDiffIndex(DestFile)) return Failed("", NULL); and Failed seems to queue a file each time it's called, and i'll bet you the same file being queued twice in a row is the cause of all this trouble, and probably also the wierd 0-byte type errors. sean
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