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My distrib is Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Since some time, apt-get update it stuck. After hours of investigation, it seems that the file http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease does not exists anymore. But the Release file exists.

I've also tried with other repositories.

I can't find where the system decides to get InRelease and not Release.

What can I do to fix that?

Thanks a lot.

Edit:

apt version: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2

ouput of apt-cache policy apt:

apt:
  Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
  Candidate: 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.1ubuntu2.17 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0.1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

Edit:

$ ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep -i release
archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_Release
archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_Release.gpg
archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-backports_InRelease
archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_Release
archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_Release.gpg
archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_InRelease
security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-security_InRelease


$ grep -v ^# /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner    
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty universe main multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main multiverse universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-updates main multiverse universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-backports main multiverse universe
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  • What version of apt are you running? please add the output of apt-cache policy apt. As far as I can make out, the InRelease file was introduced after 14.04 as part of the AptByHash mechanism.
    – steeldriver
    Apr 11, 2017 at 17:12
  • Thanks a lot @steeldriver . I've edited the question with the information you requested.
    – Michael Hooreman
    Apr 11, 2017 at 18:58
  • @MichaelHooreman Add this command output to your question: ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ | grep -i release also your cat /etc/apt/sources.list
    – Ravexina ♦
    Apr 14, 2017 at 15:25
  • @Ravexina Thanks a lot. I've edited the question according to your suggestions.
    – Michael Hooreman
    Apr 16, 2017 at 14:40
  • @MichaelHooreman I search a little bit and I found some repositories for trusty with InRelease file, I asked for that output to see if any of your lists has been downloaded in InRelease version. I'm not sure if it's going to work for you, anyway, give it a shot... sudo cp -r /var/lib/apt/lists{,.bk} : to get a backup of your apt lists direcetory, then sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*. finally sudo apt update.
    – Ravexina ♦
    Apr 16, 2017 at 17:33

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Well, lots of things have been tried, many times. Last attempt to fix it by renewing /var/lib/apt/lists/* worked. I don't know why, because it didn't worked previously...

Nothing more to explain, sorry.

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