Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list
On Thu 14 Jan 2016 at 09:39:26 +0530, Udyant Wig wrote:
> On 01/14/2016 02:08 AM, Brian wrote:
> > On Wed 13 Jan 2016 at 12:36:33 -0600, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, January 13, 2016 12:31 pm, Amr Saber wrote:
> >>> The problem is that the sources.list file was accidentally deleted
> >>> and I can't find any version of it online
> >>
> >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
> >> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
> >
> > Why not suggest a mirror which would be suitable for anyone, no matter
> > what their location in the world is?
> >
> > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
> > deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
>
> I tried the redirector a while ago, but one mirror kept returning 403,
> necessitating reruns of apt(itude). So, I switched to specific
> mirrors after that. I haven't revisited using the redirector since
> then.
Such (not always transient) errors are not unknown but the redirector
cannot turn a malfunctioning mirror into a well-behaved one. The place
to report such an issue is mirrors@lists.debian.org.
I wonder what the reaction would have been to a suggestion for Amr Saber
to use
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib ?
httpredir.debian.org/debian/ mitigates the need to think about and
investigate which specific mirror to choose. Of course both can be put
in sources.list.
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