Re: amd64 updates?

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

Jonathan Kaye wrote:

> Corey Hickey wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > For the past 6 or 7 days, updating amd64 sid has produced no new upgrades
> > > which seems a bit unusual. I'm using
> > > deb http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main contrib
> > > in my sources.list but I've also tried
> > > deb http://ftp.belnet.be/debian-amd64/debian/ sarge main contrib
> > > with the same results.
> > >      
> > >
> > > I've read about the problems with xorg-xserver upgrades and I'm wondering
> > > if there is a general freeze while this problem is sorted out.
> > >
> > > I've also read that the debian amd64 repositories have moved but those
> > > listed above are from the most recent Mirrors page I could find.
> > >      
> > I guess that means the old debian-amd64 archive is no longer being
> > updated. That's ok, though -- amd64 sid is now on the main Debian
> > mirrors, as in:
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/mirror/list
> >
> > -Corey
> >    
> Thanks for that Corey. Just to be absolutely sure I understand, this means
> you don't have to indicate your architecture: amd64. If I'm using the
> ftp.es.debian.org site then all I need is 
> deb http://ftp.es.debian.org unstable main (this is for Sid amd64)
> Is that correct?
> Thanks,
> Jonathan

You never indicate architecture in the url with Debian - be it MIPS or 
Itanium, it's almost always http://something/debian. The reason for 
/debian-amd64/ was that debian-amd64 distribution is (was) an unofficial 
project, not officially part of Debian.