Re: Error message; "cannot fetch install sources"

["Edward C. Jones" <edcjones@comcast.net>]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:28:15 -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote:

> I use up-to-date Debian testing, amd64 architecture.
>
> For the last few days, the following message is sometimes displayed, for
> a few seconds: "cannot fetch install sources". Then it says something
> like "ftp.us.debian.org wheezy inRelease".  What does this mean?

Each morning I use synaptic to update my system.  I use KDE.

The full error message is:

Cannot fetch install sources

E: Error http://ftp.us.debian.org
         wheezy inRelease

E: Error http://security.debian.org
         wheezy/updates inRelease