short version:
i'm using frozen, and have been updating via
apt-get update --> now, boom! 404 not found,
for every line in /etc/apt/sources.list . . .
so i can't go forward to apt-get upgrade...
long version:
i need a bit-o-help with apt-get and /etc/apt/sources.list--
and alas, i resort to disturbing you folks, who should be
doing things more interesting than bringing another lame
newbie up to speed...
with apt (apt-get) being such an advantage for debian
over other linux distributions, it seems odd to me that
it's not heralded prominently on the website, with easy-to-find
instructions on how to set it up, to match the current
'state of affairs' behind the scenes are various servers. hmm!
i'm using frozen, which i updated last month, no trouble.
/etc/apt/sources.list:
# http.us.debian.org/dists/frozen/
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
# non-us.debian.org/dists/frozen/non-US/
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ frozen/non-US main contrib
non-free
today, i get all 404 not found. (even tried interjecting the
original 'dists' directory path component, same result.)
at www.debian.org i haven't found anything about how to update
sources.list to match current directory structures. these
pages all looked promising, but if they revealed the secret
i'm after, i missed it:
http://www.debian.org/releases/frozen/
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/
apparently one is symlink to the other
http://www.debian.org/News/2000/20000726
the last paragraph on that page states
>For people doing network based installs, please point
Apt or
>your preferred dselect method at your local mirror.
but offers no links or further information on how to do so.
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/
here, apt is mentioned in a paragraph in section 8.2.1
which merely refers to /usr/share/doc/apt/guide.html/...
using the .../examples/sources.list there also doesn't work
for me.
http://www.debian.org/~hp/tutorial/debian-tutorial.html/ch-dpkg.html
at least section 14.1 discusses the various fields of
/etc/apt/sources.list, but where do i look for the
current possibilities to choose among? (section 14.7
is irrelevant, but entertaining.)
also, from watching the debian-www list, i saw this message
a while back, regarding the searchability of the debian website,
and i never caught the reply, if there was one--
http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/219/2000/7/0/4083340/
--
amusing side: the faq-o-matic offers timely advice on
updating to HAMM.
http://www.debian.org/fom/1.html
click 'upgrading'...
