Hi, again! On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:48:02AM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > To know what is going on with your system, we would need to see your > > /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/preferences files. > #/etc/apt/sources.list: > ######################################################################### > deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib > deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib > ######################################################################### [ .... ] > Hmm. I don't really feel that it was me that did the mixing. :-) > However, I take the point. I'll try the suggestion you gave me up above > (putting "oldstable" into sources.list), and then report on what > happened. My /etc/apt/source.list now looks like this: ######################################################################### #deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ oldstable main contrib #deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ oldstable main contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ oldstable/updates main contrib ######################################################################### When I now start aptitude, I get a plethora of errors with the following form: W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.de.debian.org oldstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_oldstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) It seems I've misunderstood the format of /etc/apt/sources.list. Looking at source.lists's man page, however, it seems OK. If I connect to the ftp server in the error message, ftp.de.debian.org, then cd to debian/dists, I see this: lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 5 Apr 12 21:15 Debian3.1r8 -> sarge lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 4 Feb 16 20:51 Debian4.0r3 -> etch -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 449 Apr 12 18:16 README drwxr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 4096 Feb 16 14:58 etch drwxr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 78 Jun 20 08:23 etch-m68k drwxr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 69632 Jun 20 08:22 etch-proposed-updates drwxr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 78 Jun 20 08:24 experimental drwxr-xr-x 17 ftp ftp 4096 Jun 20 08:23 lenny drwxr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 78 Jun 20 08:23 lenny-proposed-updates lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 5 Apr 8 2007 oldstable -> sarge lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 22 May 15 2007 oldstable-proposed-updates -> sarge-proposed-updates lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 21 Apr 8 2007 proposed-updates -> etch-proposed-updates drwxr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 4096 Apr 12 19:08 sarge drwxr-xr-x 5 ftp ftp 78 Jun 20 08:22 sarge-proposed-updates drwxr-xr-x 19 ftp ftp 4096 Jun 20 08:24 sid lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 4 Apr 8 2007 stable -> etch lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 21 Apr 8 2007 stable-proposed-updates -> etch-proposed-updates lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 5 Apr 8 2007 testing -> lenny lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 22 Apr 8 2007 testing-proposed-updates -> lenny-proposed-updates lrw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 3 May 13 2006 unstable -> sid Here, "stable -> etch" and "oldstable -> sarge" seem to be of equal status. This is making me feel stupid; what stupid mistake have I made in my source.list? -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
