Repository problems?

[David M. Carney]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:21:17 +0000, Jon Dixon <dixon.jon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Steve
> 
> Errors like this are often server side, especially if you've not
> changed anything apt/repository related.
> 
> Try again later - they're bound to fix it.
> 
> - Jon
> 
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:55:55 +0000, Steve Haines <haines at ita.com.py> wrote:
> > This morning "apt-get update" returned some errors marked "bad header
> > line". Is the problem on my end, or with Ubuntu? Here are the ones that
> > bombed:
> >
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages
> >   Bad header line
> >
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Release
> >   Bad header line
> >
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary/restricted Packages
> >   Bad header line
> >
> > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary/universe Packages
> >   Bad header line
> >
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hoary/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  Bad header line
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hoary/main/binary-i386/Release
> > Bad header line
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hoary/restricted/binary-i386/Packages.gz  Bad header line
> > Failed to fetch
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hoary/universe/binary-i386/Packages.gz  Bad header line
> >
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I have seen these errors in the past. They are always fixed "later in the day".

David

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