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Re: What to make of this apt-get update output.



On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 06:54:41PM +0000, Camale�n wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:58:28 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 08:47:40PM +0000, Camale�n wrote:
> 
> (...)
> 
> >> >   E: Release file for
> >> >   http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/squeeze-updates/InRelease is
> >> >   expired (invalid since 34d 23h 23min 35s )
> >> 
> >> That's likely because the "*.kernel.org" servers have been down for
> >> over month... follow the points and you'll get the picture (→ if you
> >> are using squeeze, better change that URI).
> > 
> > I must be more of a noob than I thought. "Follow the points"...what
> > points? If you mean the debian.org and wiki URLs, they just point to the
> > kernel.org site(s), dead end.
> 
> I'm sure at the time Debian wiki article was written the "kernel.org" 
> site has not been under attack, so... (here are the points) do you 
> understand that kernel.org and related sites where down recently and by 
> that reason you were pointing to a server that could not be reached or 
> have not updated data?

Of course. That's the message "apt-get update" gives.

> 
> > "If you are using  squeeze, better change that URI".....what one?
> 
> Thn onenpointing to "kernel.org" mirror, of course.

I assume the ftp.us.debian.org/debian mirror does this...no? I see no
indication of this in the list.

Thanks for the reply.

> 
> > Running a search on "squeeze repositories list" yielded nothing useful.
> 
> A complete list of Debian mirrors can be found here:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/mirror/list.en.html

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