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Re: apt-get won't play



just a FYI, about a week or 2 ago, the stable branch changed to 2.2 so
you were actually trying to go from 2.0 -> 2.2.

nate

Nick Cook wrote:
> 
> FWIW, I fixed my apt-get problem by following the old adage: when in
> doubt, blow it out.
> 
> I purged apt from my system, manually ftp'ed (if that's a verb!) apt from
> the slink/admin directory, and re-installed via dpkg.
> 
> Apt-get now goes online, gets the potato stable lists with no problem, and
> starts the upgrade process ('tho I didn't continue 'cause the time
> estimate was 19 hours!).
> 
> - Nick
> ncook@idt.net
> 
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