Marc Wilson wrote:
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 07:08:15PM -0500, Damon L. Chesser wrote:So what gives? How can a package NOT exist, but show up as being upgradeable?<shrug> Because the packages file lists it, but the mirror is incompletely updated. Use another mirror or wait for the mirror pulse to finish. You won't die. Sheesh. Not like this is rocket science.
Ok, it's October 22nd and I still can't get "nvidia-kernel-source" off the mirror I'm using. How long do these "pulses" take? Here is my sources.list: andy:/home/hgh# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://archive.progeny.com/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://archive.progeny.com/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing testing/security-updates main contrib non-free hgh. -- Henry Hollenberg hgh@rcwm.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.