Re: does this /etc/apt/sources.list look okay?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Default User wrote:
> Hello. 
> This is my /etc/apt/sources.list file: 
>
>
>
>     #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
>
>     deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
>     deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main
>
>     deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
>
>
>
> That was created by Debian Stable after a fresh install.  It seems
> rather sparse. After past installs of earlier versions the file had more
> entries, iirc.  
>
> Also, I don't seem to be getting any updates after running:
>
> sudo apt-get check
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> Am I missing some important or at least useful entries?  
>
> Thanks for any input.  
>   

Looks okay to me.

Stable doesn't get a lot of changes (that's the whole meaning of the 
word "stable"), so I'm not surprised you're not getting any updates.

If you want the newest, cutting-est-edge stuff, you can add unstable (or 
testing) to your file, and then you're likely to get updates a lot more 
often.

For example, here's my file on a Sid box:
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free

Notice that I also am pulling from the contrib and non-free "branches", 
and that I only have stable listed in the security line (as it's 
somewhat meaningless to have a testing/unstable security line).

--
Kent