[Bio-linux-devel] Errors when updating the APT database

[Tony Travis]

Hi,

I've just submitted this bug-report:

> The i386 version of the Google Chrome directory is searched for by default causing errors when updating the APT database:
> 
>   apt update
>   Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
>   Ign http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk unstable InRelease                                  
>   Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease                                 
>   ...
>   Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
>   Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
>   Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
>   Fetched 4,357 kB in 8s (538 kB/s)                                              
>   W: Failed to fetch http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release  Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-  
>   i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
>   
>   E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
> 
> The "google-chrome-stable" package installs an update script that updates the source list:
> 
>   /etc/cron.daily/google-chrome
> 
> This script reads "/etc/default/" and updates the APT list once on installation or upgrade, but the package can never be upgraded if the entry is incorrect. The work-around is to 'fake' an upgrade:
> 
>   --- ./.old/google-chrome.201602192326	2016-02-19 23:26:34.014962970 +0000
>   +++ google-chrome	2016-04-08 11:23:43.857313469 +0100
>   @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
>   -repo_add_once="false"
>   +repo_add_once="true"
>    repo_reenable_on_distupgrade="true"
> 
> Then, run the update script:
> 
>   /etc/cron.daily/google-chrome
> 
> This will correct the APT sources list:
> 
>   diff -Naur google-chrome.list.save google-chrome.list
>   --- google-chrome.list.save	2016-03-22 21:57:14.751417979 +0000
>   +++ google-chrome.list	2016-04-08 11:11:01.409333455 +0100
>   @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
>    ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
>    # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
>   -deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
>   +deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
> 
> [The APT sources list could just be edited by hand at present, but Google may change the URL in future]
> 
> HTH,
> 
>   Tony.

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