[plug] Wierd apt message

[James Devenish]

In message <20050131060937.GB7299 at postoffice.wa.bom.gov.au>
on Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:09:38PM +0800, Russell Steicke wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:32:54PM +0800, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> > E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
> I've never seen this, but one thing to try would be to either remove
> /var/lib/apt/lists/* (leaving the lock file and partial/ directory) or
> rename /var/lib/apt/lists and mkdir /var/lib/apt/lists so you can
> restore lists if things get worse here, then try apt-get update again.

Also, in thinking about why this would happen in the first place, I
suppose you should check for free disk space, free swap memory, and
directory permissions.