Re: switching from stable to testing in apt causes problems
David <dbree@duo-county.com> wrote in message news:<1dSah-6Nf-15@gated-at.bofh.it>...
> 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.
Yes, you were right. It was just because of the 'TESTING' was in
uppercase. I appreciate the help!
Enantiomer
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