33279 2017-03-24 17:04:26 +0300 apt-get update is not ensured before apt-get install 2017-03-24 17:06:30 +0300 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus puppet3 unstable all Linux NEW P3 normal --- 1 imz imz nbr qa-sisyphus oldest_to_newest 162737 0 imz 2017-03-24 17:04:26 +0300 puppet3-3.8.7-alt2 I've noticed a situation like this (in a test run by nbr@). "apt-get install" was attempted, although the package lists were outdated. "apt-get update" was needed beforehand. Perhaps, this problem has a general solution in the Puppet code: to ensure "apt-get update" is run often enough (well, Sisyphus is published only once a day, so not quite often). Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/apt-cache showpkg tzdata' Debug: /Stage[main]/Apipkg::Common/Package[tzdata]/ensure: tzdata "2016j-alt1" is installed, latest is "2017a-alt1" Debug: Executing '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y install tzdata' Error: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y install tzdata' returned 100: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages will be upgraded tzdata 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 181 not upgraded. Need to get 352kB of archives. After unpacking 7613B of additional disk space will be used. Err http://ftp.altlinux.org Sisyphus/noarch/classic tzdata 2017a-alt1 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/noarch/RPMS.classic/tzdata-2017a-alt1.noarch.rpm 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? Error: /Stage[main]/Apipkg::Common/Package[tzdata]/ensure: change from 2016j-alt1 to 2017a-alt1 failed: Could not update: Execution of '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y install tzdata' returned 100: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages will be upgraded tzdata 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 181 not upgraded. Need to get 352kB of archives. After unpacking 7613B of additional disk space will be used. Err http://ftp.altlinux.org Sisyphus/noarch/classic tzdata 2017a-alt1 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/noarch/RPMS.classic/tzdata-2017a-alt1.noarch.rpm 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? 162738 1 imz 2017-03-24 17:06:30 +0300 One of the first related discussions I found when doing a search: http://stackoverflow.com/q/10845864/94687 Puppet trick - run apt-get update before installing other packages