I just installed Unstable on a laptop and I am trying to update it.
Currently, I am not able to update the security updates (neither stable
nor testing) but I am able to update from a mirror near me. When I do
update, I get:
#----------------------------------------------------
~# dselect update
Hit http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca unstable/main Packages
Hit http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca unstable/main Release
Hit http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca unstable/main Sources
Hit http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca unstable/main Release
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Connection failed
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Failed to fetch
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
Connection failed
Reading Package Lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
stable/updates/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org
stable/updates/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
ones used instead.
update available list script returned error exit status 1.
Press <enter> to continue.
#----------------------------------------------------
And this happends with most other mirrors of Unstable too, just not the
ones that seems to work. My sources.list is (with the working ones
uncommented, except the security one that just won't work):
#----------------------------------------------------
~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
#deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ testing main
#deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ testing main
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
#deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ testing main
#deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ testing main
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main
#added by HS,15Oct2004, to add other mirrors
#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
# non-US
#deb ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib
non-free
#deb-src ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib
non-free
#deb-src ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main
contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
non-free
#deb-src ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
contrib non-free
#added by HS,15Oct2004, to get nVidia stuff
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib
non-free
#----------------------------------------------------
And, if it matters, my apt.conf is:
#----------------------------------------------------
~# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
APT::Default-Release "unstable";
#----------------------------------------------------
However, the same security source works on my router machine (Testing).
Explanation: I connect to the high speed internet connection through
ADSL. ComputerA, running Testing, works as a router and as a firewall.
My other computers are behind this on my private home network.
Suggestions?
->HS