On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 12:04:04PM -0500, Jim Garvin wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > >The archive servers are up, and have been for weeks. I'm mystified: > >please go into more detail about the error you're seeing. > > See this link: http://packages.debian.org/stable/ > > it says: packages.debian.org is down at the moment.
packages.debian.org is just a search engine. The fact that it's down has no effect on your ability to get packages, and shouldn't have caused any error to be reported by aptitude. > However, I found another user's post which answered my question. I > became root and used apt-setup to choose a different mirror. Then it > worked as it should. :) What mirror were you using to start with? Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
