Re: Hamm -> Slink PROBLEMS
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 08:55:20PM -0500, wax_man@bellsouth.net wrote:
> I am having problems upgrading my new box from hamm to slink. I have installed
> apt for hamm. I did changed my /etc/apt/sources.list file to point to
> ftp://ftp.us.debia.org/frozen main contrib non-free. I then did an
> apt-get update followed by an apt-get dist-upgrade. While trying to
> d/l, apt gave me the following errors:
>
>
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/admin/locales_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/admin/locales_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/libc6_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/libc6_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/makedev_2.3.1-16.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/makedev_2.3.1-16.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/modconf_0.2.24.1.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/modconf_0.2.24.1.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/timezones_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/base/timezones_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/libc6-dev_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/libc6-dev_2.0.7.19981211-5.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/xfree86-common_3.3.2.3a-10.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/xfree86-common_3.3.2.3a-10.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/xlib6g-dev_3.3.2.3a-10.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/xlib6g-dev_3.3.2.3a-10.deb: not a plain file.
> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/xlib6g_3.3.2.3a-10.deb
> 550 /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/x11/xlib6g_3.3.2.3a-10.deb: not a plain file.
>
>
> I have tried to upgrade multiple times, so I know that it is not a site specific problem. What is going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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I had that problem this afternoon while updating my potato system. Try ftp.debian.org instead. It has all
of those packages. Hopefully, the ftp.us.debian.org maintainer is reading this message.
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Stephen Pitts
smpitts@midsouth.rr.com
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