Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm fairly sure apt looks for Packages.gz, and fails if it can't find it... -Thom * Oliver Elphick (olly@lfix.co.uk) wrote : > I can't understand what is going wrong with apt here; can anyone shed any > light, please? > > /etc/apt/sources.list: > ... > deb http://www.debian.org/~elphick/postgresql/pg7.1 ./ > > # apt-get update > ... > Err http://www.debian.org ./ Packages > 302 Found > ... > Failed to fetch http://www.debian.org/~elphick/postgresql/pg7.1/./Packages > 302 Found > W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://www.debian.org ./ Packages' > (/var/state/apt/lists/www.debian.org_%7eelphick_postgresql_pg7.1_._Packages) - > stat (2 No such file or directory) > > > $ wget http://www.debian.org/~elphick/postgresql/pg7.1/./Packages > --21:54:56-- http://www.debian.org/%7Eelphick/postgresql/pg7.1/Packages > => `Packages' > Connecting to www.debian.org:80... connected! > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found > Location: http://people.debian.org/~elphick//postgresql/pg7.1/Packages > [following] > --21:54:57-- http://people.debian.org/%7Eelphick/postgresql/pg7.1/Packages > => `Packages' > Connecting to people.debian.org:80... connected! > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 10,007 [text/plain] > > 0K -> ......... [100%] > > 21:55:03 (7.28 KB/s) - `Packages' saved [10007/10007] > > > >
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