Re: amd64 updates?

[Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye10@yahoo.es>]

Jo Shields wrote:

> Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> 
>>Corey Hickey wrote:
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>>>Jonathan Kaye wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>>
>>>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
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>>>
>>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.
Ok that's sorted me out. Thanks to you all.
Cheers,
Jonathan