On 2008-11-17 23:44 +0100, jeremy bentham wrote: > I can't use aptitude anymore. > > It was working, pre-sarge-archive. > > Typing aptitude on the command line gives me this: > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.debian.org sarge/main > Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.debian.org_debian-archive_dists_sarge_ > main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.debian.org sarge/contrib > Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.debian.org_debian-archive_dists_sarge > _contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.debian.org sarge/non-free > Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.debian.org_debian-archive_dists_sarge > _non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > (That's 3 _long_ lines; I broke them up for e-mail convenience.) > > My sources.list > > deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ sarge main contrib non-free > > per the README at the archive site.
That README is wrong, since there is no debian-archive directory on archive.debian.org, only a debian directory. This has already been reported: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505754. So you just need to s/debian-archive/debian/ in your sources.list. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
