Re: does this /etc/apt/sources.list look okay?
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 12:46 -0500, Default User wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 18:52 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > On 6/20/06, Default User <xyzzyx@sbcglobal.net> 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?
> >
> > Looks good to me, unless you want non-free stuff or good multimedia
> > support. About the updating part, I'm not sure since I don't use
> > stable. How long ago you updated the list?
> > You also seem to go through a lot of steps; If you update regurlarly,
> > why not just do the update, and then the upgrade?
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for the reply. Right now, I'm just trying to run "lean", so for
> now I'm not using contrib or non-free. Maybe that's why the entries
> seem short.
>
> I try to update every day.
>
> I've just gotten in the habit of updating as shown, it's just a few
> commands, and I'm just trying to be thorough.
>
>
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