Hi,

When I run aptitude update, I keep getting this error message:

W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://ftp.nl.debian.org etch/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages)

W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

When I run aptitude update a second time, it doesn't complain no more.
But the next time I run aptitude update, the warning appears again.


Should I remove the following line from my /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main

or should I remove the following file from /var/lib/apt/lists:

ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages

or should I do nothing at all and just run aptitude update twice?


Thanks, Manon.



Here's my etc/apt/sources.list:

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1
20070407-12:10] etch contrib main
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main

Here's what's in /var/lib/apt:

lock
partial
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_source _Sources
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_source_So urces
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_source_Sources
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_Release
ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_Release.gpg
security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_contrib_bin ary-i386_Packages
security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_contrib_sou rce_Sources
security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages
security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_source _Sources
security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_Release
security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_Release.gpg
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...-i386_Packages
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...ages.IndexDiff
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...-i386_Packages
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...ages.IndexDiff
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...-i386_Packages
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...ages.IndexDiff
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...kports_Release
http://www.backports.org_debian_dist...ts_Release.gpg
http://www.debian-multimedia.org_dis...-i386_Packages
www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_etch_Release
www.debian-multimedia.org_dists_etch_Release.gpg

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 07:08:56PM +0000, Manon Metten wrote:
>
> When I run aptitude update, I keep getting this error message:
>
> W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://ftp.nl.debian.org etch/main Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages)
>
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
>
> When I run aptitude update a second time, it doesn't complain no more.
> But the next time I run aptitude update, the warning appears again.
>
>
> Should I remove the following line from my /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main

That depends. this line is just for main. The duplicate is for more
than just main. If you want the more, then delete the line with just
main. If you only want main, delete the line with more.

>
> or should I remove the following file from /var/lib/apt/lists:
>
> ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
>

No. /var/lib/ belongs to the packages involved. If you fix
sources.list, then apt will fix its own lists.

Doug.



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Hi Manon.

Manon Metten, 14.06.2007 21:08:
> When I run aptitude update, I keep getting this error message:
>
> […]
> Here's my etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1
> 20070407-12:10] etch contrib main
> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> […]
> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free

Except of the categories, these mirrors are indeed doubled. Drop the first two
lines, they make no sense here.


Regards, Mathias

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Hi Matthias, Douglas,

On 6/14/07, Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> wrote:

> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> > deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> > […]
> > deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
>
> Except of the categories, these mirrors are indeed doubled. Drop the first
> two
> lines, they make no sense here.
>


On 6/14/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:

> Should I remove the following line from my /etc/apt/sources.list:
> >
> > deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
>
> That depends. this line is just for main. The duplicate is for more
> than just main. If you want the more, then delete the line with just
> main. If you only want main, delete the line with more.




I've removed the following lines from /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main

I hope this will do.




> > or should I remove the following file from /var/lib/apt/lists:
> >
> > ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
> >
>
> No. /var/lib/ belongs to the packages involved. If you fix
> sources.list, then apt will fix its own lists.


So, does this mean that /var/lib/lists is configured during installation of
Debian?
Can you point me to some more info on this topic?


Thanks to the both of you, for your .

Manon.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 07:26:45PM +0000, Manon Metten wrote:
> Hi Matthias, Douglas,
>
> On 6/14/07, Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> wrote:
>
> >deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >> […]
> >> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> >> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> >
> >Except of the categories, these mirrors are indeed doubled. Drop the first
> >two
> >lines, they make no sense here.
> >
>
>
> On 6/14/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
>
> >Should I remove the following line from my /etc/apt/sources.list:
> >>
> >> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >
> >That depends. this line is just for main. The duplicate is for more
> >than just main. If you want the more, then delete the line with just
> >main. If you only want main, delete the line with more.
>
>
>
>
> I've removed the following lines from /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
>
> I hope this will do.
>

It will. I expect aptitude does not complain about duplicates
anymore.

>
>
>
> >> or should I remove the following file from /var/lib/apt/lists:
> >>
> >> ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
> >>
> >
> >No. /var/lib/ belongs to the packages involved. If you fix
> >sources.list, then apt will fix its own lists.
>
>
> So, does this mean that /var/lib/lists is configured during installation of
> Debian?

aptitude update writes the files in that directory. They are the
package lists downloaded from the repository. These simply contain
the list of packages available in that repository, along with other
metadata such as available version numbers, descriptions, etc. You
can open the files in any text editor to see their contents.

Using aptitude show <pkgname>, for example, picks up the metadata from
these files.

For your sources.list, aptitude has downloaded the package list from
ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists...n/binary-i386/.

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 07:26:45PM +0000, Manon Metten wrote:
> On 6/14/07, Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> wrote:
> >deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >> […]
> >> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> >> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> >
> >Except of the categories, these mirrors are indeed doubled. Drop the first
> >two
> >lines, they make no sense here.
> On 6/14/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
>
> >Should I remove the following line from my /etc/apt/sources.list:
> >> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >
> >That depends. this line is just for main. The duplicate is for more
> >than just main. If you want the more, then delete the line with just
> >main. If you only want main, delete the line with more.
>
> I've removed the following lines from /etc/apt/sources.list:
> deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ etch main
>
> I hope this will do.
>
> >> or should I remove the following file from /var/lib/apt/lists:
> >> ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
> >No. /var/lib/ belongs to the packages involved. If you fix
> >sources.list, then apt will fix its own lists.
>
> So, does this mean that /var/lib/lists is configured during installation of
> Debian?
> Can you point me to some more info on this topic?

Hi Manon.

Just do anothe aptitude update. Aptitude will fix its
/var/lib/apt/lists and all will be well.

Doug.


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Hi Kushal, Douglas,

On 6/14/07, Kushal Kumaran <kushal@it.iitb.ac.in> wrote:

> So, does this mean that /var/lib/lists is configured during installation
> of
> > Debian?
>
> aptitude update writes the files in that directory. They are the
> package lists downloaded from the repository. These simply contain
> the list of packages available in that repository, along with other
> metadata such as available version numbers, descriptions, etc. You
> can open the files in any text editor to see their contents.
>
> Using aptitude show <pkgname>, for example, picks up the metadata from
> these files.



For your sources.list, aptitude has downloaded the package list from
> ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists...n/binary-i386/.



Thanks for explaining. I learn a little every day.



On 6/14/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:

Just do another aptitude update. Aptitude will fix its
> /var/lib/apt/lists and all will be well.



It works as you said it would. Aptitude is not complaining anymore.
Thanks for your highly appreciated advice.


Greetings and thanks to the both of you, Manon.