apt-get update fails

[Avi Schwartz]

debian wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 22:17 -0500, Avi Schwartz wrote:
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>> NoOp wrote:
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>>> On 05/15/2007 07:27 PM, Avi Schwartz wrote:
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>>>> debian wrote:
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>>>>> On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 20:17 -0500, Avi Schwartz wrote:
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>>>>>> In the last few days I am seeing the following errors when attempting 
>>>>>> "apt-get update":
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For a AMD64 installation:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Failed to fetch 
>>>>>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/main/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  
>>>>>> MD5Sum mismatch
>>>>>> Failed to fetch 
>>>>>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.bz2  
>>>>>> MD5Sum mismatch
>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>>> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old 
>>>>>> ones used instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For a X86 installation:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Failed to fetch 
>>>>>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2  
>>>>>> MD5Sum mismatch
>>>>>> Failed to fetch 
>>>>>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2  
>>>>>> MD5Sum mismatch
>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>>> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old 
>>>>>> ones used instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone else seeing it?  Any fix?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Avi
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>>>>>>         
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>>>>> apt-get works great with me
>>>>>
>>>>> heres what i type:
>>>>> sudo apt-get update
>>>>>
>>>>> works just fine
>>>>> --cj
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>> You might want to try again or try a different archive location.
>>> Sometimes the archive locations get screwed up - particularly when there
>>> are updates available. BTW: what do you get if you download the file via
>>> http? For
>>> http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/main/binary-amd64/
>>> I get:
>>> $ md5sum *.bz2
>>> 0b94a05e11d154bc9b76c887962b862e  Packages.bz2
>>>   
>>>       
>> I have been trying for couple of days now with the same error.  The strange thing is that I am getting the same error on two different machine, one using Feisty amd64 and another Feisty i386. I have been running Edgy for a while before on one of the machines and I had no problem until I upgraded to Feisty. The other machine (the AMD64 one) is a fresh installation.
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>> When I download the file via http I get the same md5sum as you did.
>>
>> Are there other Ubuntu security repositories? How do I find them?
>>
>> Avi
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> oh im using the 32 bit. the 64bit has much more bugs then the 32bit (as
> some others have said). 
>
> --cj
>   
One of my machine having the problem is 32 bits so this is not the 
problem.  I switched to another repository and the problem has gone 
away.  It is worrisome that
security.ubuntu.com has this problem tho.

Avi