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[Adam McDaniel <adam@xxxxxxxxx>]

An "apt-get update" is not sufficient to solve this problem. There is a 
corruption in the cached package details delivered by the Live CD.

This problem can be resolved by deleting all files from the following 
directories:

/var/lib/apt/lists
/var/lib/apt/lists/partial

(remember to keep the 'parital' directory itself intact)

This change should be made to the Live CD for RC2. The fix itself can also
be applied to any installed copy of RC1

** Also affects: ubuntu
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Invalid

** Changed in: ubuntu-eee
   Importance: Undecided => Critical
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Jon Ramvi (ramvi)
       Status: New => Triaged

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"apt-get update" failure: hash sum mismatch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261022
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Status in Ubuntu Eee: Triaged
Status in Ubuntu: Invalid

Bug description:
A chronic problem affects 8.04.1 RC1 where "apt-get update" and the update-notifier fail to query the network for package updates, immediately after the installation is complete.

Here's a sample of the error returned.

W: Failed to fetch http://www.array.org/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release  Unable to find expected entry  eeepc/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
[...]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2  Hash Sum mismatch
[...]
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.