Re: Why is amd64 sid and testing broken?

[Jo Shields <Jo.Shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]

Alexander Syring wrote:

> Hi
> I would like to do an update but I get this fault
>
> -------------------%< -----------------------------------------------
> Fehl http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
>  404 Not Found
> Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
> Fehl http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/contrib Packages
>  404 Not Found
> Fehl http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/non-free Packages
>  404 Not Found
> Fehl http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Sources
>  404 Not Found
> Fehl http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/contrib Sources
>  404 Not Found
> OK   ftp://ftp.nerim.net sid Release
> OK   http://spello.sscnet.ucla.edu sid/main Packages
> Fehl http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/non-free Sources
>  404 Not Found
> -------------------%<---------------------------------------------------
>
> ------------------%<----------------------------------------------------
> Konnte 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 
> nicht holen  404 Not Found
> Konnte 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sid/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 
> nicht holen  404 Not Found
> Konnte 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sid/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 
> nicht holen  404 Not Found
> Konnte 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sid/main/source/Sources.gz 
> nicht holen  404 Not Found
> Konnte 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sid/contrib/source/Sources.gz 
> nicht holen  404 Not Found
> Konnte 
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sid/non-free/source/Sources.gz 
> nicht holen  404 Not Found
> ----------------------------%<-------------------------------------------
>
> and on ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/dists/sid I found a README with 
> this content 
>
> amd64 is now available on ftp.debian.org
> ========================================
>
> Please use your nearest ftp.debian.org mirror now for the etch or unstable
> version of the amd64 port of Debian. The sarge version continues to be 
> available
> from amd64.debian.net and its mirrors until sarge is archived.
>
> but I don't found a Packages.gz or something else is that a mirror fault?
>
> greetings
> Alex
>
>
>  
Debian uses a mirror structure of the format "deb 
http://ftp.XX.debian.org/debian RELEASE main contrib non-free". Anything 
different, especially containing "debian-amd64" is *NOT* Debian.