apt-file update complains about missing Contents-i386.gz
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt-file (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: apt-file
`apt-file update' complains about HTTP 404 replies for certain Contents-i386.gz
files. Are they not being produced correctly at the repository?
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy
$ pkg ver apt-file
apt-file 2.1.0
$ sudo apt-file update
Can't get http://
Can't get http://
Can't get http://
Can't get http://
$
$ pwd
/var/
$ ls
gb.
gb.
packages.
security.
$
According to https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ apt-file/ +bug/220396/ comments/ 3 some mirrors drop the Contents-*.gz files in order to save space. But the Contents-*.gz files seem to be missing on the master servers, too.