Chris Halls wrote: >On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 02:17:22PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > >>I had read all of these except the import but I had done the import. >>Often enough I find Linux documentations skips over or assumes >>understanding that I don't have yet. Not that I don't appreciate all >>that has been done. >> >> >I would happily accept worked-over documentation for anything I maintain - >knowing a program inside-out does not help in writing documentation - I >don't always see the problems you do. > I would be glad to help if I end up getting a little better understanding. I will read more of the apt-proxy script.
>>In this case I may be closer than I think. For security I have: >> >>add_backend /security/ \ >> $APT_PROXY_CACHE/security/ \ >> security.debian.org::debian-security/ \ >> non-us.debian.org::debian-security/ >> >>and from the client I get: >> >>Failed to fetch >>http://joy:9999/security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages >>404 is not serviced by this server >> >> >The backend name and address you give in sources.list need to match. > >In this case, you specified 'security' as backend name and >'security.debian.org' in sources.list. > >I quote from the apt-proxy.conf that >I suggested you look at: > I have many times. I believe I have the latest version since I upgrade often. I finally see your helixcode example as saying what you have said above. ># Debian security >#deb http://APTPROXY:9999/security stable/updates main contrib non-free > >(well, you need to change 'stable' to 'testing' and set your apt-proxy >host name, but otherwise it is correct for you.) > > Much better. Those errors are gone now. I'll see if I can contribute to the documentation. There is still a lot missing from my networking knowledge. Thanks, Paul > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
