On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 12:30:07PM -0000, Chris Dobbs wrote: > Please someone help me as I cannot resolve the following issue: > > When I run apt-get update under mameo4 I get this: > > [sbox-CHINOOK_ARMEL: ~] > apt-get update > Ign file: chinook Release.gpg > Ign file: chinook Release > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook Release.gpg > Hit http://repository.maemo.org chinook Release > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages/DiffIndex > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook/non-free Packages/DiffIndex > Ign http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Sources/DiffIndex > Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages [134kB] > 99% [1 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers] > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > Err http://repository.maemo.org chinook/free Packages > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) Looks like the same old repository problem: Akamai's proxies have cached a lot of error pages instead of real packages files. Solution 1: wait until the problem goes away. Solution 2: edit /etc/apt/sources.list and replace repository.maemo.org with repostory.maemo.org (temporary workaround). > But when I download the Packages.gz manually using wget - IT WORKS! That's interesting. Do you wget inside scratchbox or outside it? > I manually copied in all the packages I need for now but this really > bugging me as it looks like the apt-get is broken > > I am not using a wierd proxy and my nsswitch.conf does have host dns in it > > Anybody have any idea before I start hacking around? Not really. Marius Gedminas -- Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20080105/b3cd815c/attachment.pgp
