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Zalbor
May 10th, 2008, 10:41 PM
For a week or so now, I can't update the package information from the repositories. I've tried a few different mirrors, including the one closest to me and the main server:

Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-backports/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-security/Release Unable to find expected entry web/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
As a result, an icon keeps appearing that tells me I've not updated in a week.

Are the repositories broken? If so, do we know what caused it and when they're expected to be back?

The other possibility is that something's wrong on my end, but that sounds unlikely since I've tried many servers...
Rallg
May 10th, 2008, 10:53 PM
About 6 hours ago, I did a fresh install of 8.04 i386 from CD, then connected for updates via cable. No problem. Of course, that wasn't necessarily using the same repositories.
Pumalite
May 10th, 2008, 10:57 PM
Check your connection first. If OK.; go to: System>Administration>Software Sources>Download From>Other>Let it choose the best for you.
Zalbor
May 10th, 2008, 11:06 PM
My connection is OK (or I wouldn't be posting actually), and like I said I've tried different servers, including letting it choose the best one...
Pumalite
May 10th, 2008, 11:07 PM
Ok.
Zalbor
May 10th, 2008, 11:08 PM
By the way -I have some 3rd party repositories as well (canonical, medibuntu, winehq) and none of them have a problem.
Zalbor
May 11th, 2008, 09:16 AM
Does anyone have an idea?
Zalbor
May 11th, 2008, 10:08 PM
I guess it was a corrupted sources.list file, although how that happened I have no idea.

I renamed the file and let Synaptic create a new one, and it worked now.