Re: does this /etc/apt/sources.list look okay?
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 12:54 -0500, Default User wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 11:54 -0500, Kent West wrote:
> > Default User wrote:
> > > Hello.
> > > This is my /etc/apt/sources.list file:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
> > >
> > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> > > deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
> > >
> > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > That was created by Debian Stable after a fresh install. It seems
> > > rather sparse. After past installs of earlier versions the file had more
> > > entries, iirc.
> > >
> > > Also, I don't seem to be getting any updates after running:
> > >
> > > sudo apt-get check
> > > sudo apt-get clean
> > > sudo apt get update
> > > sudo apt-get upgrade
> > > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> > >
> > > Am I missing some important or at least useful entries?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any input.
> > >
> >
> > Looks okay to me.
> >
> > Stable doesn't get a lot of changes (that's the whole meaning of the
> > word "stable"), so I'm not surprised you're not getting any updates.
> >
> > If you want the newest, cutting-est-edge stuff, you can add unstable (or
> > testing) to your file, and then you're likely to get updates a lot more
> > often.
> >
> > For example, here's my file on a Sid box:
> > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
> >
> > Notice that I also am pulling from the contrib and non-free "branches",
> > and that I only have stable listed in the security line (as it's
> > somewhat meaningless to have a testing/unstable security line).
> >
> > --
> > Kent
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for the reply. Btw, I noticed you have
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
> Would ftp://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free work
> just as well?
>
> Not to start a techno flame war, but what is better, ftp or http?
>
> Thanks.
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