Upgrade intrepid -> jaunty apt-get issues Could not resolve '@localhost'

[Dana Nowell]

OK, dumb guess.  It says can not resolve '@localhost' it does not say
can not resolve 'localhost'.  It appears from various comments that
other names do resolve, so unlikely to be a simple resolver issue.

Have you looked in various config files for xxx@@localhost or @localhost
where is should be localhost?  Put another way, is some config file
claiming a host name should be @localhost instead of a 'localhost' (an
extra @ problem).  If you do have an 'extra @' and the parser is STUPID
then it would be difficult to resolve host name '@localhost' into an
address.

Please note: I have no absolutely no knowledge that such a bug/condition
exists.  I am blindly and literally reading the error message you
supplied and then HURTLING to a conclusion. :)  I've spent all of about
30 secs to a minute thinking and typing on this, feel free to call it a
stupid idea after half that time. :)



bruce.labitt at autoliv.com wrote:
> Trying to actually make it all the way to karmic, but stopping at jaunty 
> until this apt-get problem is resolved.
> 
> apt-get update reports that it failed to fetch blah blah, Could not 
> resolve '@localhost'
> 
> apt-get update appears that it cannot access any of the us.ubuntu, or main 
> archive files due to the could not resolve '@localhost'
> 
> apt-get update did work in intrepid
> 
> cat /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost myhostname
> 127.0.1.1 myhostname myhostname.mydomain
> bunch of other IPs and names
> 
> # The following lines are ...
> ipv6 stuff here
> 
> Running ntlmaps http proxy  127.0.0.1:5865      <-- seems to work
> wget works using above proxy
> firefox uses above proxy, works
> 
> Can't find apt.conf on my system.  There is however, 
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy
> 
> $ cat proxy
> Acquire::http::Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:5865/";
> 
> The upgrade seems to be at jaunty:
> lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID:  Ubuntu
> Release:         9.04
> Codename:        jaunty
> 
> Google gives me no substantive leads.
> 
> Also, Update Manager is not giving a button to upgrade to Karmic, although 
> the Release upgrade button is set to "Normal Releases"
> 
> One thing I did notice is that there was an initial error in the upgrade 
> from intrepid to jaunty for setting up global. 
> 
> In /var/log/apt/term.log is the error
> 
> Setting up global (5.7.1-1) ...
> hostname:  Unknown host
> dpkg: error processing global (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?  I just reinstalled global, but the "Could not resolve 
> '@localhost' " error in apt-get update remains...
> 
> apt-get check is happy, finds no problems...
> 
> Even tried a reboot... nope...  Suggestions would be helpful.  Thanks!
> 
> -Bruce
> 
> 
> Bruce Labitt
> Autoliv Electronics
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> 
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