Re: problem with apt repository
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:54:27 +0100
Eugen Wintersberger <eugen.wintersberger@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks
> I have a problem with one of my private apt repositories. I created
> the repo using reprepro on my public www directory.
> I can access the repository with my browser (you can find it below
> http://www.desy.de/~wintersb/apt/debian ). After adding some packages
> I tried to add a new line to sources.list
>
> deb http://www.desy.de/~wintersb/apt/debian testing main
>
> However, during 'apt-get update' I get the following error message
>
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://www.desy.de/~wintersb/apt/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-amd64/Packages
> 404 Not Found
>
> W: Failed to fetch
> http://www.desy.de/~wintersb/apt/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Packages
> 404 Not Found
>
> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or
> old ones used instead.
>
> What is more surprising is the fact that I can download the Packages
> file with wget using the URLs in the error messages. Does anyone have
> an idea what I did wrong. I am fairly new to this entire repository
> business.
>
> best regards
> Eugen
>
> PS: the repository resides on an AFS file system - could this cause
> the issue?
I can see your Packages-files.
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