Re: apt-get update on ftp.uk.debian.org

2008-02-29 Thread Mike Bird
On Fri February 29 2008 16:36:17 Tim Channon wrote: > Package netselect is broken for a large class of users, 6+ year old > fatal bug misclassified as wishlist > I guess someone thought that pass through firewall was a major code > change, hence wishlist, is apparently not that at all. > > netselec

Re: apt-get update on ftp.uk.debian.org

2008-02-29 Thread Tim Channon
Jochen Schulz wrote: Alle Meije Wink: Err ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable Release.gpg Could not connect data socket, connection timed out The mirror is either temporarily broken or down for good, Just use another one, there's nothing else you can do. I confirm it has been unreliable recentl

Re: apt-get update on ftp.uk.debian.org

2008-02-29 Thread Jochen Schulz
Alle Meije Wink: > > Err ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org stable Release.gpg > Could not connect data socket, connection timed out The mirror is either temporarily broken or down for good, Just use another one, there's nothing else you can do. J. -- I frequently find myself at the top of the stairs wi

apt-get update on ftp.uk.debian.org

2008-02-29 Thread Alle Meije Wink
I read a number of posts reporting this problem, but none of the solutions they offered seemed to work in my case: My /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this: deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb