On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:07:55PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.8.14.1 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/bin/apt-get > > I added the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/multiarch: > > APT::Architectures { "amd64"; "i386"; "armel"; }; > > I have this in my sources.list: > > deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental iceweasel-5.0 > > apt-get update then complains about missing armel metadata on that repo: > > W: Failed to fetch http://mozilla.debian.net/dists/experimental/Release Unable to find expected entry 'iceweasel-5.0/binary-armel/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) > > The repo doesn't contain anything about armel at all. While I do understand > this can be an important piece of information in some cases, in cases like > this one, it is unnecessarily annoying. I think it's absolutely reasonable. The default is to get sources for all requested architectures. If you don't want APT to fetch armel files for that source, use deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental iceweasel-5.0 instead. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
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