Description of problem: The Fedora 8 apt fails to download ktigcc-1.09-2.i386 from the CalcForge Fedora 8 repository: [root@localhost ~]# apt-get install ktigcc Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: ktigcc (1.09-2) 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 482kB of archives. After unpacking 1349kB of additional disk space will be used. Err http://repo.calcforge.org 8/i386/ ktigcc 1.09-2 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://repo.calcforge.org/fedora//8/i386//./location_href 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? The same package downloads and installs just fine using yum (yum-3.2.8-2.fc8). I have tried regenerating the repodata on the server (I control the repository) from scratch, that didn't help. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): apt-0.5.15lorg3.93-4.fc8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install: http://repo.calcforge.org/fedora/8/i386/calcforge-release-8-1.noarch.rpm or set the repository up by hand: repomd http://repo.calcforge.org/fedora/ $(VERSION)/$(ARCH)/ GPG key: http://repo.calcforge.org/fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-calcforge 2. apt-get update 3. apt-get install ktigcc Actual results: Failed to fetch http://repo.calcforge.org/fedora//8/i386//./location_href 404 Not Found Expected results: The correct URL is used and the download succeeds. Additional info: This sounds like an issue with the SQLite metadata. If that matters, the repodata was generated with: yum-3.2.8-2.el5 yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-1.el5 createrepo-0.4.11-1.el5 sqlite-3.3.6-2 python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1 on a CentOS 5 machine (the server). The yum, yum-metadata-parser and createrepo builds are custom backports because the versions included in CentOS 5 are too old to generate the SQLite metadata for Fedora 8. They correspond to the Fedora SRPMs with the same version number and release. The sqlite and python-sqlite RPMs are the stock CentOS 5 ones.
Reassigning bugs that have upstream character.
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Hmmm, I need to retest. I've mostly given up on apt-rpm given the current bustage (like Synaptic not working at all in F9) though. :-(
FWIW, can't reproduce on F10 with apt-0.5.15lorg3.95-0.git416.1.fc11 from rawhide.
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Clearing NEEDINFO, this was closed WONTFIX eons ago.