Jean-Baptiste Thomas wrote: > /var/lib/apt/lists/, which may be why it thinks that not being > able to download it is not a problem. > > Unfortunately, the Packages file in /var/lib/apt/lists/ is out > of date by months because it pertains to 9.2 while the mirror > has 9.4. Diffing the two shows why apt-get looks for the wrong > version of ntp : > > Package: ntp > -Version: 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u1 > +Version: 1:4.2.8p10+dfsg-3+deb9u2 > Installed-Size: 1804 > > What I'd like to know now is : what prevents apt-get from > downloading the Packages file from the mirror ? Wget can ! > > [1] https://superuser.com/questions/454867/
since you seem to be skipping versions a bit i'd try: apt-get dist-upgrade or similar command using your preferred tool. may help or give more information... if you are using a certain repository and are still seeing errors after that it may be worth specifying a different one or the more general default. usually when i do this i erase all my local apt files in /var/lib/apt/lists) so they will be redownloaded. songbird
