[Aptitude-devel] Bug#794426: Bug#794426: aptitude: Fails to update sources

[Javier Barroso]

Hello Axel,

ups,

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Axel Beckert <abe at debian.org> wrote:
> Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
>
> Hi Javier,
>
> Javier Barroso wrote:
>> $ LANG=C sudo apt update
>> ...
>> Des:8 http://ftp.fi.debian.org sid/main Sources 2015-08-02-2047.38.pdiff
>> [19,5 kB]
>
> This is not the file which fails below:
Sorry I misread, you are true

>
>> E: Could not open file
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_source_Sources.IndexDiff
>> - open (2: No such file or directory)
>>
>> javi at Doraemon:~$ ls -l \
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_source_Sources.diff_Index
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7819 jul 29 22:52
>> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_contrib_source_Sources.diff_Index
> [...]
>> It should work, like on apt, apt-get or cupt
>
> Any chance that you have apt 1.1 from experimental installed? That one
> doesn't yet work well together with aptitude. This looks similar to
> https://bugs.debian.org/764506 but there are also other
> apt-1.1-related bugs.

At history.log.2.gz:

Start-Date: 2015-05-31  18:51:58
Commandline: apt install apt-transport-https
Install: apt-transport-https:amd64 (1.1~exp8), libapt-pkg4.15:amd64
(1.1~exp8, automatic)
Upgrade: apt:amd64 (1.0.9.10, 1.1~exp8)
End-Date: 2015-05-31  18:52:01

I don't like apt installing experimental software without -t
experimental or /experimental, but it is ok, It is my fail and I did
not read what package was going to be installed

>
>> I suppose I can remove next line on sources.list:
>> /etc/apt/sources.list:deb-src http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ sid main
>
> No. This is the line for sid/main. What failed was the line for
> sid/contrib.
The line continue with contrib and non-free. But was a false hint from me.

Thank you, after deleting lists files / downgrading to apt pkgs,
aptitude is working again.