On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:35:03PM -0400, Kristopher Johnson wrote: > David Natkins wrote: > > > > Seems to be a problem with the package list for unstable at ftp.debian.org. > > One of the packages (aleph-dev) is causing the problem. > > You can open the package list file with a text editor and fix the > problems. The other aleph-* packages have the same problem: the > priority line says "optionnal", rather than "optional". Just > delete the extra 'n', and everything will be fine.
I have the same problem. After editing /var/state/apt/lists/www.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_potato_main_binary-i386_Packages ( two occurrences of optionnal changed to optional) and rerunning apt-get update, the file is downloaded again and I am where I started. Johan.
