On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 07:32:58PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On 2008-05-16 15:34, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:43:07PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > >> E: Couldn't find a changelog for vim/sid > >> \------------- > > > > There is no archive named "sid". Try "unstable" instead. > > This also does not work: > /----------- > ~$ LANG=C aptitude changelog vim/unstable > Unable to find an archive "unstable" for the package "vim" > Unable to find an archive "unstable" for the package "vim" > Ign ChangeLog of vim > > E: Couldn't fetch URL > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main///_/changelog > E: Couldn't find a changelog for vim/unstable > \-----------
Do you have unstable in your sources.list? > I did try several variants before I posted, but didn't list them all.... > > Looking for lenny or testing also reveals nothing, but directly querying > lenny's version number does: > > /----------- > 19:20:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ LANG=C aptitude changelog vim=1:7.1-266+1 > Get:1 ChangeLog of vim [217kB] > Fetched 217kB in 1s (123kB/s) > \----------- If aptitude knows the version number, it can guess the changelog URL even if it can't find the package in its database; that may be what's happening. > Directly querying unstable's package number does not work: > > /----------- > 19:28:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ LANG=C aptitude changelog vim=1:7.1.293-3 > Ign ChangeLog of vim > > E: Couldn't fetch URL > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main///_/changelog > E: Couldn't find a changelog for vim=1:7.1.293-3 > \----------- Hm, odd. It works fine for me. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
