On Sb, 17 iul 10, 11:53:29, scar wrote: > > Thanks. while i never manually edited the sources.list file, i did use > software-properties-gtk to "select best server" (Main tab, Download From > dropdown menu, Other, select best server button). it seems like there > is a bug in that algorithm and i was able to reproduce it just now. > > after correcting my sources.list with the line you provided and reloaded > my repositories, everything finished fine without any error. then, i > went back to 'select best server' and, oddly, it picked a server in new > zealand, ftp.nz.debian.org. i then checked my sources.list and it > looked like this: > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list > # deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > > deb ftp://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > deb-src ftp://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main > deb-src ftp://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ lenny/updates main > > deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main > deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main > > # Backported packages for Debian Lenny > deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free > $ > > and, after checking for updates, i got the initial error again. This was already reported http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525409 Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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