Re: apt/sources.list error
Em Qui, 2004-01-22 às 16:48, Haines Brown escreveu:
> I'm running woody, but need to install a backport of postfix. So I
> added to /etc/aptsources.list the line:
>
> deb http://people.debian.org/~hmh/woody/ hmh/postfix/
This sounds strange, should be /etc/apt/sources.list. Are you sure
about the line? hmh/postfix/ sounds strange, check that it is really
there.
> This is the back port source specified on the debian site, it was
> recommended by someone, and I visited the site to ensure that the
> postfix backport was actually accessible there.
But is it really a Debian repository? Otherwise you'd better download
the deb and dpkg -i it.
> I don't understand this. Is it saying that the address I put in
> sources.list is invalid?
No.
> Does aptitude update require some kind of
> switch if the repositories are mixed (stable and testing)?
Not strictly, but man apt.conf will tell you what to do.
> What is thi
> file /var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org...? It does not exist on my
> machine.
It should be created by apt. Try apt-get instead of aptitude...
> Does it need to create this as a directory and is failing to
> do so?
It could be the Packages file at your 'repository' is not there...
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