Re: How to download Alpha dist

[Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>]

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, John Goerzen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I currently have this in my apt sources.list:
> 
> deb ftp://garfield/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://garfield/debian sid main contrib non-free
> deb file:/garfield/ftp/pub/mirrors/debian-non-US dists/unstable/non-US/binary-$(ARCH)/
> 
> However, for some packages, this has recently broken.  Ie:
> 
> (these errors generally refer to something older than what's in sid, or
> broken symlinks apparently, or something along those lines.  How do I fix?)
> 
> ERROR
> ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/misc/gpm_1.14-3.deb
>   550 /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/misc/gpm_1.14-3.deb: not a
> plain file. 
> ERROR
> ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/net/ytalk_3.0.3-6.deb
>   550 /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/net/ytalk_3.0.3-6.deb: not a
> plain file. 
> ERROR
> ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/oldlibs/ncurses3.4_1.9.9g-8.11.deb
>   550
> /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/oldlibs/ncurses3.4_1.9.9g-8.11.deb:
> not a plain file. 
> ERROR
> ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/shells/tcsh_6.08.01-2.2.deb
>   550 /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/shells/tcsh_6.08.01-2.2.deb:
> not a plain file. 

This is an error from the remote ftp server.  A symlink points to a
non-existant file.  as to how to fix?

Adam