> > > I'm running woody, but need to install a backport of postfix. So I > > > added to /etc/aptsources.list the line: > > > > > > deb http://people.debian.org/~hmh/woody/ hmh/postfix/ > > > > This sounds strange, should be /etc/apt/sources.list. Are you sure > > about the line? hmh/postfix/ sounds strange, check that it is really > > there. > > The actual url of the postfix backport is: > > http://people.debian.org/~hmh/woody/hmh/postfix/postfix_2.0.16-4.woody.1_i386.deb
With the above line in sources.list, I can run apt-get update without a problem. But getting the postfix backport file is still a challenge. I read and reread the manual, and still can't seem to get it. One option would be to say that "woody" represents the distribution, and then I specify the component holding the postfix file as a path: 1. deb http://people.debian/org/~hmh woody /hmh/postfix But perhaps since it is a path, it should end in a slash: 2. deb http://people.debian/org/~hmh woody /hmh/postfix/ Or perhaps I should specify the complete path to the desired file: 3. deb http://people.debian/org/~hmh/woody/hmh/postfix/ the manual says to append the slash, but perhaps not: 4. deb http://people.debian/org/~hmh/woody/hmh/postfix These were, 1. coultn't stat package list 2. couldn't stat package list 3. malformed 4. malformed The only one which allows the update is: deb http://people.debian.org/~hmh/woody/ hmh/postfix/ but apt-get install fails to see the package: $ sudo apt-get install postfix=2.0 To get the specified version, I had to specify it, but doing it this way results in the error that package not found. I tried 2.0.16 also. It seems I'm not accessing the directory holding the package. Haines -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
