On Friday 04 August 2006 11:03, Jacob S wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:58:06 -0400 > > José Alburquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > José Alburquerque wrote: > > > My problem is that when I run 'apt-get update' I get these errors: > > > > > > Failed to fetch > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.g > > >z MD5Sum mismatch > > > Failed to fetch > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/non-free/binary-i386/Packag > > >es.gz MD5Sum mismatch > > > Failed to fetch > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/source/Sources.gz > > > MD5Sum mismatch > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org > > > etch/main Packages > > > (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i3 > > >86_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org > > > etch/main Packages > > > (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i3 > > >86_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > > > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or > > > old ones used instead. > >
[...] > > I have been experiencing this same error, sometimes mixed with a gzip > error complaining that stdin is not in gzip format for about a week > now. I just changed my sources.list to use ftp instead of http and > the problem went away. > > However, to make the problem more curious, when this problem started > happening I was using mirrors.kernel.org so I switched to > ftp.us.debian.org thinking maybe it was a mirror problem. But that did > not fix it either. Only switching to ftp seemed to fix it. > > This would make me suspect that it's a bug with apt-get, except that I > am using http for debian-multimedia.org and wine.sourceforge.net > without problems. > > Thoughts, anyone? > [...] I had a similar-sounding problem a couple of months back - I was getting both the "Couldn't stat..." and the gzip error messages. I didn't change my sources.list because the mirrors seemed to be working for everyone else; and I could still upgrade by manually downloading the Packages files from the mirror sites. There seemed to be something wrong with apt-get's interaction with the Packages files. I tried deleting everything in /var/lib/apt/, and even purging and reinstalling apt (which is scary on a running system). Nothing worked until the next upgrade of apt, when the problem went away. If you search this list for "apt-get update" you will find a smattering of similar posts, none with a definitive solution. Makes me think there is a sneaky little apt bug out there. John
