[Aptitude-devel] Bug#764506: aptitude: "aptitude update" no more works with apt 1.1~exp4

Axel Beckert abe at debian.org
Wed Oct 8 16:46:06 UTC 2014


Package: aptitude
Version: aptitude/0.6.11-1
Severity: normal

Hi,

[APT Developers: Feel free to reassign if you think that's an APT issue.]

aptitude has severe issues downloading package lists since apt version
1.1~exp4 (worked fine with 1.1~exp3). Downloading packages still works
fine for me, though.

I haven't checked if a BinNMU (i.e. recompiling aptitude against apt
1.1~exp4) would help.  If that's the case, one of apt's libraries should
probably sport a "Breaks:" header against older versions of the
according apt library.

Here's the output and errors I get:

# aptitude update
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid InRelease
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing InRelease
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental InRelease
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid Release.gpg
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing Release.gpg
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental Release.gpg
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid Release
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing Release
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental Release
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Sources/DiffIndex  
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/non-free Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/non-free Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Hit http://noone.org sid InRelease
Ign http://mozilla.debian.net experimental InRelease
Hit http://jenkins.grml.org zsh InRelease
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Ign http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable InRelease 
Ign http://users.unixforge.de sid InRelease
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Hit http://noone.org sid InRelease
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental Release.gpg   
Ign http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental InRelease
Ign http://users.unixforge.de sid Release.gpg
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental Release
Ign http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable Release.gpg
Hit http://users.unixforge.de sid Release
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib Translation-en  
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en 
Ign http://users.unixforge.de sid/wtf Sources/DiffIndex  
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Translation-en 
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/non-free Translation-en
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Sources
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Sources
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib Sources
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main amd64 Packages
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free amd64 Packages 
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib amd64 Packages  
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Sources
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/non-free Sources
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/contrib Sources
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main amd64 Packages 
  406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
Err http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/contrib amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
Err http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
100% [Working]                                                                                                                                     49.0 kB/s 0sW: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/non-free/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/contrib/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/main/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/non-free/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/contrib/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/main/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages: 406  Not Acceptable [IP: 2001:67c:10ec:3dd1::42 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://noone.org/apt/dists/sid/main/source/Sources: 406  Not Acceptable
W: Failed to fetch http://jenkins.grml.org/debian/dists/zsh/main/binary-amd64/Packages: Bad header line [IP: 2a00:7b80:3012:12::2 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-unstable/main/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-unstable/contrib/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-unstable/non-free/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-unstable/main/binary-amd64/Packages: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-unstable/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-unstable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://noone.org/conkeror-nightly-debs/dists/sid/main/source/Sources: 404  Not Found
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-experimental/main/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-experimental/contrib/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-experimental/non-free/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mozilla.debian.net/dists/experimental/iceweasel-beta/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:b000::148:14 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://mozilla.debian.net/dists/experimental/iceweasel-aurora/source/Sources: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:b000::148:14 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-experimental/main/binary-amd64/Packages: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-experimental/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/dists/buildd-experimental/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages: 404  Not Found [IP: 2001:41c8:1000:21::21:4 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache

Current status: 170 updates [+161].
#

Running "apt-get update" still works fine:

# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid InRelease [242 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing InRelease [191 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental InRelease [161 kB]
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Hit http://jenkins.grml.org zsh InRelease
Ign http://mozilla.debian.net experimental InRelease
Get:4 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable InRelease [110 kB]
Hit http://noone.org sid InRelease
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Ign http://users.unixforge.de sid InRelease
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental Release
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Hit http://noone.org sid InRelease
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental Release.gpg   
Hit http://users.unixforge.de sid Release
Get:5 http://users.unixforge.de sid Release.gpg [527 B]  
Get:6 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental InRelease [110 kB]
Get:7 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Sources.diff/Index [7876 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Sources.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib Sources.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7876 B]
Get:11 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:12 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:13 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib Translation-en.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:14 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Translation-en.diff/Index [7876 B]
Get:15 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:16 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [19.7 kB]
Get:17 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Sources.diff/Index [7876 B]
Get:18 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/non-free Sources.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:19 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/contrib Sources.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:20 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7876 B]
Get:21 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/non-free amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:22 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/contrib amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:23 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:24 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Translation-en.diff/Index [7876 B]
Get:25 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-en.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:26 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [19.7 kB]
/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:27 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [485 B]
Get:28 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [823 B]
Get:29 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [25.8 kB]
Get:30 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [240 B]
Get:31 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [238 B]
Get:32 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [3081 B]
Get:33 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [48 B]
Get:34 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Sources.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:35 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/non-free Sources.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:36 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/contrib Sources.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:37 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [485 B]
Get:38 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7819 B]
87% [37 Sources rred 422 kB] [InRelease gpgv 3056 B] [Waiting for headers]/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_source_Sources.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:39 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/non-free amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:40 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/contrib amd64 Packages.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:41 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/contrib Translation-en.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:42 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Translation-en.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:43 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/non-free Translation-en.diff/Index [7819 B]
Get:44 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [413 B]
Get:45 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [3495 B]
Get:46 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [33 B]
Get:47 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [2877 B]
Get:48 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [823 B]
Get:49 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [4073 B]
Get:50 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/non-free amd64 Packages [5660 B]
Get:51 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [977 B]
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages  
88% [48 Sources rred 213 kB] [InRelease gpgv 3056 B]/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_source_Sources.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:52 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [25.8 kB]
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en  
Hit http://jenkins.grml.org zsh/main Sources
Hit http://jenkins.grml.org zsh/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://jenkins.grml.org zsh/main Translation-en
Hit http://noone.org sid/main Sources
Hit http://noone.org sid/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages  
Ign http://noone.org sid/main Translation-en
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en  
91% [52 Packages rred 34.0 MB] [InRelease gpgv 11.4 kB] [Waiting for headers]/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:53 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [240 B]
91% [53 Packages rred 4096 B] [Release.gpg gpgv 7151 B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:54 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/contrib amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [238 B]
91% [54 Packages rred 0 B] [Release.gpg gpgv 7151 B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:55 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [3081 B]
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages  
Hit http://noone.org sid/main Sources
Hit http://noone.org sid/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free Translation-en  
Ign http://noone.org sid/main Translation-en
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental/iceweasel-beta Sources
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental/iceweasel-aurora Sources
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental/iceweasel-beta amd64 Packages
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental/iceweasel-aurora amd64 Packages
Get:56 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/main Sources [222 kB]
93% [55 Translation-en rred 22.6 MB] [5 Release.gpg gpgv 13.0 kB] [Waiting for headers] [56 Sources 2606 B/222 kB 1%]/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_i18n_Translation-en.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:57 http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/non-free Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [48 B]
64% [56 Sources xz 0 B] [57 Translation-en rred 238 kB] [6 InRelease gpgv 110 kB] [Waiting for headers]                                            218 kB/s 4s/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_non-free_i18n_Translation-en.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:58 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [413 B]
Get:59 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/contrib Sources [2768 B]
Get:60 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/non-free Sources [2880 B]
Get:61 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/main amd64 Packages [179 kB]
Ign http://mozilla.debian.net experimental/iceweasel-aurora Translation-en
Ign http://mozilla.debian.net experimental/iceweasel-beta Translation-en
Hit http://users.unixforge.de sid/wtf Sources
Get:62 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/contrib amd64 Packages [2304 B]
Hit http://users.unixforge.de sid/wtf amd64 Packages
Get:63 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/non-free amd64 Packages [6484 B]
Get:64 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/contrib Translation-en [6239 B]
Ign http://users.unixforge.de sid/wtf Translation-en
Get:65 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/main Translation-en [890 kB]
Get:66 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable/non-free Translation-en [18.1 kB]
Get:67 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/main Sources [10.1 kB]
Get:68 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:69 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/non-free Sources [32 B]
Get:70 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/main amd64 Packages [8452 B]
Get:71 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:72 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/non-free amd64 Packages [32 B]
97% [58 Sources rred 31.3 MB] [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                218 kB/s 0s/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_source_Sources.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:73 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:74 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/main Translation-en [48.6 kB]
Get:75 http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental/non-free Translation-en [14 B]
Get:76 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [3495 B]
98% [76 Packages rred 24.6 MB]                                                                                                                     218 kB/s 0s/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-amd64_Packages.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:77 http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing/main Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [33 B]
98% [77 Translation-en rred 0 B]                                                                                                                   218 kB/s 0s/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-en.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:78 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Sources 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [2877 B]
98% [78 Sources rred 0 B]                                                                                                                          218 kB/s 0s/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_source_Sources.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:79 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main amd64 Packages 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [4073 B]
98% [79 Packages rred 0 B]                                                                                                                         218 kB/s 0s/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_binary-amd64_Packages.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Get:80 http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental/main Translation-en 2014-10-08-1442.03.pdiff [977 B]
98% [80 Translation-en rred 0 B]                                                                                                                   218 kB/s 0s/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_experimental_main_i18n_Translation-en.ed.2014-10-08-1442.03.gz
Fetched 902 kB in 8s (104 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
#

Running "aptitude update" again after that, fails differently and much
earlier, but that may be related to https://bugs.debian.org/764503
against apt 1.1~exp4 in Experimental.

# aptitude update
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid InRelease
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org testing InRelease
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org experimental InRelease
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Hit http://jenkins.grml.org zsh InRelease
Ign http://mozilla.debian.net experimental InRelease
Hit http://incoming.debian.org buildd-unstable InRelease 
Hit http://noone.org sid InRelease
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Ign http://users.unixforge.de sid InRelease
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental Release.gpg   
Hit http://incoming.debian.org buildd-experimental InRelease
Hit http://deb.opera.com stable InRelease
Hit http://noone.org sid InRelease
Hit http://mozilla.debian.net experimental Release
Hit http://users.unixforge.de sid Release.gpg
Hit http://users.unixforge.de sid Release
Hit http://ftp.ch.debian.org sid/main Sources/DiffIndex  
E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_source_Sources.IndexDiff - open (2: No such file or directory)

#

There are two workarounds for me:

1) Downgrading apt to 1.0.9.2:

# apt-get install apt=1.0.9.2 apt-utils=1.0.9.2 apt-transport-https=1.0.9.2
# rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.ch.debian.org_debian_dists_*
# apt-get update

The "rm" is necessary due to https://bugs.debian.org/764503 against apt
1.1~exp4 in Experimental.

2) No more using "aptitude -u" but "apt update && aptitude" instead.

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (110, 'experimental'), (109, 'buildd-unstable'), (109, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii  aptitude-common           0.6.11-1
ii  libapt-pkg4.12            1.0.9.2
ii  libboost-iostreams1.55.0  1.55.0+dfsg-3
ii  libc6                     2.19-11
ii  libcwidget3               0.5.17-2
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.9.1-16
ii  libncursesw5              5.9+20140913-1
ii  libsigc++-2.0-0c2a        2.2.11-4
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.8.6-1
ii  libstdc++6                4.9.1-16
ii  libtinfo5                 5.9+20140913-1
ii  libxapian22               1.2.18-1.1

Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii  aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc]  0.6.11-1
ii  libparse-debianchangelog-perl   1.2.0-1.1
ii  sensible-utils                  0.0.9

Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
ii  apt-xapian-index  0.47
ii  debtags           1.12.2
ii  tasksel           3.28

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