apt-get update fails

[Avi Schwartz]

NoOp wrote:

> On 05/15/2007 08:17 PM, 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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>>>>> apt-get works great with me
>>>>>
>>>>> heres what i type:
>>>>> sudo apt-get update
>>>>>
>>>>> works just fine
>>>>> --cj
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>>> 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
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>>>       
>> 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.
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>> Are there other Ubuntu security repositories? How do I find them?
>>
>> Avi
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> Can you please post your /etc/apt/sources.list ?
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I don't know if this matters, but when I download Packages.bz2 via 
Firefox I see the following:

from 
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/main/binary-amd64/ 
firefox displays the file on the screen instead of offering to download it.
from 
ftp://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/dists/feisty-security/main/binary-amd64/ 
firefox recognizes it as a binary file and offers me to download it.

Is it possible this indicates there is a problem with the 
security.ubuntu.com repository?

Avi