Dave, I have no idea if this will work, but i'd personally suggest removing the sources.list file. Then recreate it apt-setup. I'm not sure if this will work, i'm new to linux, but it does seem that it is having a problem reading the packages. Try the posts on these sites as well:
http://www.handhelds.org/pipermail/intimate/2002-March/000384.html http://distro.conectiva.com.br/pipermail/apt-rpm/2002-April/000474.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2000/debian-mips-200002/msg00008.html http://lists.progeny.com/archive/progeny-debian/200109/msg00083.html I don't know if any of these links will solve your problem, but reading them may shed some further light on what is happening. Best wishes, Dave -----Original Message----- From: David Teague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 12 September 2002 6:13 AM To: Jamin W.Collins; David Pastern Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ongoing saga of upgrading my old Woody On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > Nope, no one will help you. All the people that have provided advice so > far appear to have not been seen as helping. =) > > Now, I'm no expert at either apt or dpkg, but what do the following > commands return on that box? > > ls -l /var/lib/apt > ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists > ls -l /var/lib/dpkg Oops -- My frustration is showing rather badly. I apologize for that! Yes some did try to help, but my inability and ignorance kept me from getting anywhere. I'm the one responsible. One thing works and something else breaks. When the last request went essentially unanswered I wondered if I would get a response. In spite of the fact that I have always found Debian User to be the friendlyiest place anywhere. Thank you for answering. Now to answer your query: #ls -l /var/lib/apt total 3 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3072 Sep 12 13:45 lists -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Oct 24 1999 lock #ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists total 7206 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163405 Jul 19 15:33 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96 Jul 19 15:03 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_contrib_binary-i386_Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6535222 Jul 19 15:33 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93 Jul 19 15:03 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 219924 Jul 19 15:33 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97 Jul 19 15:03 http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_non-free_binary-i386_Release -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Sep 12 14:59 lock -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1810 Jul 19 17:27 non-US.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_contrib_binary-i386_Pack ages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103 Jul 19 17:23 non-US.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_contrib_binary-i386_Rele ase -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 180106 Jul 18 04:21 non-US.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_main_binary-i386_Package s -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100 Jul 19 17:23 non-US.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_main_binary-i386_Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6551 Jul 19 17:27 non-US.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_non-free_binary-i386_Pac kages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104 Jul 19 17:23 non-US.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_stable_non-US_non-free_binary-i386_Rel ease drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 12 13:45 partial -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 979 Jul 12 21:39 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable_updates_contrib_binary-i386 _Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113 Sep 12 10:34 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable_updates_contrib_binary-i386 _Release -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 226727 Sep 12 10:34 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Pa ckages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110 Sep 12 10:34 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Re lease -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 19 09:13 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable_updates_non-free_binary-i38 6_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114 Sep 12 10:34 security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable_updates_non-free_binary-i38 6_Release #ls -l /var/lib/dpkg total 14598 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 27 2001 alternatives -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6023685 Sep 12 13:43 available -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6022145 Sep 12 13:42 available-old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Sep 12 15:00 cmethopt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 563 Oct 12 2001 diversions -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 506 Oct 12 2001 diversions-old drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 90112 Sep 12 13:42 info -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Sep 12 15:17 lock -rw-rw---- 1 root root 0 Sep 12 14:59 methlock drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 1024 Jun 4 1999 methods -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 4 1999 predep-package -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56 Nov 27 2001 statoverride -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 Sep 7 2001 statoverride-old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1369161 Sep 12 13:42 status -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1366219 Sep 12 13:42 status-old drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 12 13:43 updates Any advice based on this? David Teague -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
