Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

[Jape Person <japers@comcast.net>]

On 04/12/2015 10:46 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 11:50:40AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > In that situation, my first course of action would be to hide anything
> > but the essential sources.list contents of, basically, something like
> >
> > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20130615-21:53]/ wheezy main
> >
> > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
> > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
> >
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
> >
> > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
>
> I'd even argue that the deb-src entries are not necessary for the majority of
> Debian users.

IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the 
deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. I think these are tools that 
Debian users should be encouraged to use. At the least they provide a 
bit of a heads-up to the unwary during installations and upgrades.

But I do get your point.