Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 10:56:10AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:56:14AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > 3) Even if the bug has been filed 8192 times and fixed for the last > > month, everyone running stable is still going to run into this > > problem. Everyone. > > No

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:56:14AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:22:07PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > > Or maybe, the software is buggy. At the very least, the error > > message should be changed. Why _should_ people need to tweak this > > value? (Personally, I find i

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:22:07PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > That's an interesting argument: if the problem is widespread people > > shouldn't have to do their homework? > > Or maybe, the software is buggy. At the very least, the error > messag

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:19:57PM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote: > > > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > These seems to be coming up about once a day on the list, isn't *anyone* > > > > searching the archives or at least googling? > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 12:08:56PM -0600, Jack O'Quin

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-22 Thread Alan Shutko
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's an interesting argument: if the problem is widespread people > shouldn't have to do their homework? Or maybe, the software is buggy. At the very least, the error message should be changed. Why _should_ people need to tweak this value? (Perso

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-22 Thread Jack O'Quin
> > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > These seems to be coming up about once a day on the list, isn't *anyone* > > > searching the archives or at least googling? > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 12:08:56PM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote: > > Perhaps the default is set too low, and many people are seei

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 12:08:56PM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote: > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > These seems to be coming up about once a day on the list, isn't *anyone* > > searching the archives or at least googling? > > Perhaps the default is set too low, and many people are seeing this

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-22 Thread Jack O'Quin
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:32:23PM +0100, Joshua SS Miller wrote: > > You have to much info for the apt-get cache to handle. Up the size of > > Cache-Limit. I have my set very high. > > > > joshua@sunlap:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > > APT::Default-Release "

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:32:23PM +0100, Joshua SS Miller wrote: > You have to much info for the apt-get cache to handle. Up the size of > Cache-Limit. I have my set very high. > > joshua@sunlap:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > APT::Cache-Limit 1000; > Apt::Get:

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-14 Thread Joshua SS Miller
You have to much info for the apt-get cache to handle. Up the size of Cache-Limit. I have my set very high. joshua@sunlap:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "testing"; APT::Cache-Limit 1000; Apt::Get::Purge; Joshua SS Miller On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 10:02, Robert Ian Smit wrote:

Re: Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-14 Thread Robert Ian Smit
* Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [14-01-2003 02:24]: > I got the following error during my last update, after getting the > Package lists: > > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing perl-doc (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList

Error while running apt-get update

2003-01-13 Thread Jorge Santos
I got the following error during my last update, after getting the Package lists: Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing perl-doc (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be