Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> writes: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 01:16:51PM +0100, Loris Bennett wrote: >> So the problem is with the original 'sources.list', namely >> >> # See https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList for more information. >> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free >> deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free >> >> deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free >> deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free >> >> deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main >> contrib non-free >> deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main >> contrib non-free >> >> I didn't change the URLs and only added the section 'main' and >> 'non-free', so how come this is broken just for me? > > deb.debian.org is an extra super fancy redirection thingy that uses > "SRV" records instead of ordinary round-robin DNS. Most of the time, > it works, for most people. > > But every once in a while, you get redirected to a mirror that's out > of date. Unfortunately, when that happens, it's really damned hard > to figure out that this is happening, or how to fix it. > > In fact, the only way I know how to force it to use a different mirror > is exactly what I recommended here -- stop using deb.debian.org entirely. > You could try going back to it in a week or two, and maybe the mirror > it's using for you will be up to date, or you'll get a different mirror. > Or, you could stick with your ftp.COUNTRYCODE.debian.org mirror set if > it's working well for you. > > The country code mirror sets aren't immune from staleness issues either. > There've been plenty of times when one of them has been out of date, > and people have been advised to use a different country code for a > while, until the mirrors get fixed. So, just keep an eye out for this > kind of problem no matter what mirrors you use.
I have another laptop at work which I have continually upgraded, starting probably from Wheezy. I have never had any issues with that, so I'll probably use the setting from there on this new laptop. I can't access the work laptop at the moment, but I guess it is probably using ftp.de.debian.org. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Cheers, Loris -- This signature is currently under constuction.
