package cache (was ... Re: having a problem removing a package)

2012-08-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 08:04:39PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 19 aug 12, 23:16:28, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > When I saw this: > > > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > > > /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected > > > invoke-rc.d: initscript ban

Re: E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

2012-06-24 Thread lina
ed after changing the source.list to my former mirror. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Best regards, >>> >>> >>> W: Failed to fetch >>> >>> gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-amd64_Packages: >>&

Re: E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

2012-06-24 Thread Brian
On Sun 24 Jun 2012 at 13:01:37 +0800, lina wrote: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:39 PM, lina wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I don't know how to fix the following problem, > > It's fixed after changing the source.list to my former mirror. Switching backwards and forwards between mirrors may be avoided by

Re: E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

2012-06-23 Thread Dom
ts/partial/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-amd64_Packages: Hash Sum mismatch E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. E: Couldn't rebuild package cache Thanks ahead for the suggestions, I think that when your /var filled up, you were left w

Re: E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

2012-06-23 Thread Charlie
e been ignored, or old >ones used instead. >E: Couldn't rebuild package cache I looked for the solution to this myself some time ago, and found somewhere something about a bug and that and bzip2 had to be installed and then it worked without a hit

Re: E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

2012-06-23 Thread lina
ian_dists_wheezy_main_binary-amd64_Packages: > Hash Sum mismatch > E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > E: Couldn't rebuild package cache > > > Thanks ahead for the suggestions, > > Best regards, -- To UNSUBS

E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

2012-06-23 Thread lina
;t rebuild package cache Thanks ahead for the suggestions, Best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cag9cjmnrcpmz3jgbhen1ysnuu9n

Re: Package Cache

2011-12-06 Thread Kip Warner
On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 11:30 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > apt and aptitude by default do not clean the cache at all. If you don't > find old versions in /var/cache/apt/archives then something on your > system is doing that for you. Hey Andrei. You are right. Thanks. > Your suggestion is intere

Re: Package Cache

2011-12-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Lu, 05 dec 11, 19:01:53, Kip Warner wrote: > Hey list, > > Is it possible to have aptitude cache, say, the last N versions of a > package? Every now and then I install a package of a nightly build from > someone's personal repository that turns out to be broken. I can't > revert back a version

Package Cache

2011-12-05 Thread Kip Warner
Hey list, Is it possible to have aptitude cache, say, the last N versions of a package? Every now and then I install a package of a nightly build from someone's personal repository that turns out to be broken. I can't revert back a version if that package isn't in the repository as well. I tried

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-31 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Sunday, March 31, Simon Hepburn did write: > Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > On a related note, how come /var/lib/dpkg/available keeps getting hosed? > > It's happened to me twice now. The first time, I figured I was SOL and > > re-installed from scratch (fortunately I didn't lose much). It h

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-31 Thread Simon Hepburn
Richard Cobbe wrote: > On a related note, how come /var/lib/dpkg/available keeps getting hosed? > It's happened to me twice now. The first time, I figured I was SOL and > re-installed from scratch (fortunately I didn't lose much). It happened > again about an hour ago, but I recovered by blowing

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-30 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Saturday, March 30, Simon Hepburn did write: > Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > No, the three slashes are in fact correct. > > Hrmm.. just to add to the confusion. I just checked my sources.list > and saw I was using single slash. I did man sources.list to see if I > was going out of my mind. I

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-30 Thread Simon Hepburn
Richard Cobbe wrote: > No, the three slashes are in fact correct. Hrmm.. just to add to the confusion. I just checked my sources.list and saw I was using single slash. I did man sources.list to see if I was going out of my mind. I'm not. > Turns out you have to write the Release files by hand

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-30 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Saturday, March 30, Simon Hepburn did write: > Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > I've added the local mirror to sources.list, but neither apt-get nor > > dselect appears to see these files. What step have I missed? > > It's a simple typo. Change deb file:///home... to deb file://home... No, th

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-30 Thread Simon Hepburn
Richard Cobbe wrote: > I've added the local mirror to sources.list, but neither apt-get nor > dselect appears to see these files. What step have I missed? It's a simple typo. Change deb file:///home... to deb file://home... BTW when I reply to your message only part of it shows up in my mailer.

Re: Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-29 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Friday, March 29, Richard Cobbe did write: > Greetings, all. > > I know this is a FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere. > > So, I'm in the process of upgrading from stable to testing (again---the > first time, somebody crapped on /var/lib/dpkg/available, and I couldn't > repair it.

Creating local package cache with apt-move

2002-03-29 Thread Richard Cobbe
Greetings, all. I know this is a FAQ, but I can't find the answer anywhere. So, I'm in the process of upgrading from stable to testing (again---the first time, somebody crapped on /var/lib/dpkg/available, and I couldn't repair it. There was a large chunk missing out of the middle, so far as I co

rebuilding the package cache

1999-10-02 Thread Steve Robbins
So let's say you've done something really dumb and nuked /var/lib/* completely and have no backup of /var. Is there some way to recover (apart from reinstalling) so that things like 'dselect/dpkg' are happy? -S [Please CC me on replies, thanks.]