On 2015-11-05 at 09:41, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 05 November 2015 14:26:07 David Baron wrote: > >> Attempt to apt-get --reinstall install base-files will produce >> error "cannot be downloaded." In Synaptic, the Debian symbol does >> not appear with the package. Maybe it is only on stable? > > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=base-files Perhaps more usefully: What does 'apt-cache policy base-files' say on your machine? Exact output, please; don't just give part of the response, copy-and-paste the entire thing, the way I did in my previous mail. Similarly, what is the exact output you get from 'apt-get install --reinstall base-files'? Also, just to double-check: you have run 'apt-get update' recently, correct? -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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