Public bug reported: I have set up sources.list to use 'mirror' protocol, so lines in it look like:
deb mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt oneiric-updates main restricted However, apt-file doesn't know how to handle it, literally: $ sudo apt-file update W: Don't know how to handle mirror W: Don't know how to handle mirror W: Don't know how to handle mirror W: Don't know how to handle mirror W: Don't know how to handle mirror W: Don't know how to handle mirror W: Don't know how to handle mirror [...] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: apt-file 2.5.0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic-pae 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Nov 10 09:03:44 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt-file UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (23 days ago) ** Affects: apt-file (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/888316 Title: apt-file can't handle 'mirror' protocol To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-file/+bug/888316/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs