Re: What to make of this apt-get update output.
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:44:50 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 06:54:41PM +0000, Camale�n wrote:
(...)
>> > 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.
Yes :-)
(and sorry if I sounded a bit rude on my last messages, I was aware of
the current status for the "kernel.org" mirror because I tend to follow
the news but it's normal that other people had no notice on this)
>> > "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.
Yes, "squeeze-updates" is handled by Debian official mirrors¹, so you can
use that one.
¹http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110215
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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