Re: still no luck with apt-get
Matt Garman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 04:56:23PM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > >
> > > I still can't get "apt-get update" do do anything useful. Anyone have
> > > a clue?
> > >
> > > Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list
> > >
> > > # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits
> > > # your mirror contains.
> > > # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free
> > > # See sources.list(5) for more information, especial
> > > # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
> > > deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> >
> > Which apt version are you using? Which distro? (hamm, slink, potato)
>
> I'm using apt version 0.1.9 in the slink distribution.
I am trying to update from that mirror without much luck.
Try changing the line to be
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
and see if that helps. At least then we can isolate if it is the mirror
or your system.
-Mitch
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