Re: /etc/apt/sources.list

[Heddle Weaver <weaver2world@gmail.com>]

On 12 February 2011 21:10, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sb, 12 feb 11, 05:54:55, Tom H wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu
> <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:33:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> >>
> >> The testing repositories need not be used either.  They are mostly for when
> >> the version in testing differs from the version in unstable, the unstable
> >> version can't or shouldn't be force-migrated, and the testing version needs
> >> updated.  In this uncommon case, a version that falls between the one in
> >> testing and unstable is uploaded to testing-proposed-updates and can be
> >> migrated.
> >
> > As far as I understand sid/unstable users should always have testing in
> > their sources.lists, since the Release Managers sometimes remove
> > packages from unstable to help testing migration. I can search for the
> > exact reference in case someone is interested.
>
> Yes, please.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00582.html

Regards,
Andrei
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O.K., so now, what I have as a result of 'aptitude update' is this:

Bandit:/home/weaver# aptitude update
Get:1 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable Release.gpg [835 B]
Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en_AU
Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en_AU
Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable Release
E: Release file expired, ignoring http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/dists/unstable/Release (invalid since 9h 53min 14s)

This is after reducing my /etc/apt/sources.list down to just the one line for 'unstable'.
Should I re-enter the 'testing' security line back in?
The standard 'testing' line also?
When I run aptitude at the ncurses interface, there's almost nothing in it.

Thanks for any time and trouble.
Regards,

Weaver.

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