Re: switching from stable to testing in apt causes problems
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:11:35PM -0800, enantiomer wrote:
> I am reposting this because google didn't post my last response for
> some reason...
I think I saw this thread on the list. Maybe there's a delay in
Google's posting of the list.
> 2. then tried 'apt-cache search firebird'
> but it didn't work it kept on giving me a "Couldn't stat source
> package list ftp://mirrors.usc.edu TESTING/contrib Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/mirrors.usc.edu_pub_linux_distructions_debian_dists_TESTING_contrib_binary_i386_Packages)
> - stat (2 No such file or directory)"
> error type of message for each testing source in my sources.list file
>
> i then tried running 'apt-get update' and got the same error. why
> does this process work under stable but not testing? I have scoured
> the google groups site trying to figure this out and have read close
> to a hundred articles probably and would really appreciate some help.
> Anyone? Below is my sources.list file. Thanks!
>
>
> #This sources.list was generated by apt-sources v2.20
> #Copyright(c) 2001 by Danny Rodriguez
> #
> # The following site was benchmarked at 91.36 kB/s
> deb ftp://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/ TESTING main
^^^^^^^
I don't know if it matters or not, but try changing all these to
lower-case. Again, this is just a guess, but give it a try.. of course,
run "apt-get update" the first thing after the change.
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