Comment 3 for bug 745599

Hi Serge

I would but "apt-cache clean" is reported as not valid, and I cannot see a
command that it would be ...

dave@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache
apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.3 for i386 compiled on Sep 9 2010 22:22:00
Usage: apt-cache [options] command
       apt-cache [options] add file1 [file2 ...]
       apt-cache [options] showpkg pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
       apt-cache [options] showsrc pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-cache is a low-level tool used to manipulate APT's binary
cache files, and query information from them

Commands:
   add - Add a package file to the source cache
   gencaches - Build both the package and source cache
   showpkg - Show some general information for a single package
   showsrc - Show source records
   stats - Show some basic statistics
   dump - Show the entire file in a terse form
   dumpavail - Print an available file to stdout
   unmet - Show unmet dependencies
   search - Search the package list for a regex pattern
   show - Show a readable record for the package
   depends - Show raw dependency information for a package
   rdepends - Show reverse dependency information for a package
   pkgnames - List the names of all packages in the system
   dotty - Generate package graphs for GraphViz
   xvcg - Generate package graphs for xvcg
   policy - Show policy settings

Options:
  -h This help text.
  -p=? The package cache.
  -s=? The source cache.
  -q Disable progress indicator.
  -i Show only important deps for the unmet command.
  -c=? Read this configuration file
  -o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-cache(8) and apt.conf(5) manual pages for more information.

On 31 March 2011 00:59, Serge Hallyn <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
>
> The error messages claim that the package file is corrupt. Can you
> please try to clean the cache and re-try the upgrade? Clean the cache
> with
>
> apt-cache clean
>
> and then re-try the update with
>
> apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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regards

David