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Re: apt-get update gives an error message



On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 13:47:05 +0900
Nick Hastings <hastings@bmail.kek.jp> wrote:

> * Rodney D. Myers <rdmyers@pe.net> [030709 13:37]:
> > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:54:24 -0500
> > Nathan Poznick <poznick@conwaycorp.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Thus spake Rodney D. Myers:
> > > > My apologies if this already made it to the list, but I have not
> > > > seen it, and I sent it over 8 hours ago.
> > > > 
> > > > apt-get update gives the following error message, when I try and use
> > > > the following /etc/apt/sources.list;
> > > > 
> > > > E: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list  (URI)
> > > 
> > > Well... what does your sources.list look like?
> > > 
> > 
> > Weird. I thought I sent it out. here it is;
> > 
> > deb cdrom:[Debian Update Disc #1]/ /
> <snip>
> 
> Well the error message says your first line is screwed up. Sorry I
> don't know what it should look like, but I would suggest deleting
> it. If you want to use the cd run "apt-cdrom add".
> 
> Nick.
> 

The funny (ironic) thing. That's the way "apt-cdrom add" inserts the line into /etc/apt/sources.list.

I just removed the line and re-ran "apt-cdrom" with the same results.

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