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Re: An explanation is needed on aptitude working.



On 24/06/10 18:26, Sthu Deus wrote:
> Good day.
>
> Could You please explain me the situation. On aptitude update I see
> this:
>
> Err http://ftp2.jp.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
>   404  Not Found [IP: 61.206.119.174 80]
>
> And latter I see:
>
> Get:16 http://ftp2.jp.debian.org testing/main 2010-06-23-2114.45.pdiff
> [372B] Get:17 http://ftp2.jp.debian.org testing/main
> 2010-06-23-2114.45.pdiff [372B]
>
> I do not understand how it can be: at first aptitude can not find
> packages, and then latter, it does. How is it?

Those are two different files.

The first file would be located at
http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/testing/updates/main/<your-architecture-here>/Packages.gz

(Architecture would be something like binary-i386 or binary-amd64. .gz
could also be .bz2 and newer APTs also support .xz)

The second file would be
http://ftp2.jp.debian.org/debian/testing/main/<your-architecture-here>/Packages.diff/2010-06-23-2114.45.gz

This second file is a diff between two Packages.gz files. The idea being
that downloading a bunch of diffs is easier than re-downloading a large
Gzip file.

Now, look back at those two URLs. One major difference between them is
the first is "testing/updates/main", the other is "testing/main". Having
a look at the site, I see that "testing/updates/main" doesn't exist.

Sounds like an error in your sources.list.

>
> Thank You for Your time.
>
>


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