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when I do apk update or apk add ..., gives me error below:

fetch http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.8/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.8/main: Bad file descriptor 
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.5372d58d.tar.gz: Bad file descriptor
fetch http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.8/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.8/community: Bad file descriptor
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.66c84cb4.tar.gz: Bad file descriptor
2 errors; 75 distinct packages available

Already changed mirrors but gives same errors.

Earlier in this installation apk worked with no problems. Also I can ping the server and I can download the APKINDEX with wget.

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Reset to default
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Solved the issue by:

$ rm -rf /var/cache/apk
$ mkdir /var/cache/apk
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  • This is a work around but create-delete the cache directory is more like a hack. Anyone know the root cause of this.. Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 8:16
  • That smells of corrupted filesystem or disk issue. I would have downloaded on another computer and compare the sha256sum with the APKINDEX downloaded from your PC. Commented Jul 17, 2019 at 17:50

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