Re: aptitude update errors for upgrade to Jessie on amd64
On Wed 13 May 2015 at 12:55:16 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> You are currently using:
>
> deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian jessie main
>
> That is okay. Good! But for the purpose of this task change that to
> a different but still valid mirror. This would be a good time to try
> out the new http redirector which has just recently become an official
> Debian resource.[1]
>
> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
>
> That httpredir.debian.org was previously known as http.debian.net for
> those on the list that are familiar with it.
>
> This is a good configuration for anyone geographically anywhere as it
> will redirect to the best known nearby mirror. The effect for you
> with this problem is that it will be a different appearing URL than
> the previously used ftp.fr.debian.org and will therefore ask for
> different files. The previously locally cached files on your disk in
> /var/lib/apt will be expired as no longer being in your sources.list
> file. If mismatched cached proxy files are your only remaining
> problem then this should fix it. Make sure to 'apt-get update' after
> changing the sources.list file.
A small reservation, much as we are advocates of http.debian.net in
these parts. If the intention is to eliminate the mirror as a source
of a problem it may not be sufficient. For whatever reason, the
redirector may still choose the mirror you do not want as the best
one to use.
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