Quoting Pierre Frenkiel (pierre.frenk...@gmail.com): > On Wed, 13 May 2015, David Wright wrote: > > >After you've tried the usual things like clearing /var/lib/apt/lists > >and trying, say, ftp.uk.debian.org in your sources.list, I'd be > >interested whether you still get the problem if you substitute > >http: ftp: in sources.list. > > I already tried all the usual tricks, and now tried yours, but the > result is the same with ftp instead of http. > > >ie, it may be something to do with your/the network. > > I don't think my network is involved, for several reasons: > 1/ on my laptop, apt-get update works for wheezy sources.list > 2/ on my wife's laptop (also an amd64), it works > for wheezy and jessie.
What happens if you perform this sort of conversation: ~ $ wget http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/binary-amd64/Packages --2015-05-13 12:49:05-- [...] HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 9019439 (8.6M) [application/x-gzip] Saving to: ‘Packages’ [...] 2015-05-13 12:49:12 (1.55 MB/s) - ‘Packages’ saved [9019439/9019439] ~ $ md5sum Packages 854af4d1ea9bce473bd82c11fb62f5bb Packages ~ $ wget http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/InRelease --2015-05-13 12:51:17-- [...] HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 127816 (125K) [text/plain] Saving to: ‘InRelease’ [...] 2015-05-13 12:51:17 (273 KB/s) - ‘InRelease’ saved [127816/127816] ~ $ grep 854af4d1ea9bce473bd82c11fb62f5bb InRelease 854af4d1ea9bce473bd82c11fb62f5bb 9019439 main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ~ $ Do they match as shown? Do the md5sums of your files in /var/lib/apt/lists match your wife's? Cheers, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150513195735.GA13452@alum
