Hello Markus, Jessie is not available for sparc.
My /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this: deb http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free This stopped working when the non-lts architectures were removed from security.debian.org: apt-get update: W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-sparc/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file) Sparc is no longer listed in http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/Release, and there is no binary-sparc directory in http://security.debian.org/dists/wheezy/updates/main/ anymore. There is no wheezy directory in http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/, nor in http://archive.debian.org/debian-security/dists/. I now have packages installed that have disappeared from the repositories: apt-cache policy openssh-server openssh-server: Installed: 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u4 Candidate: 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u4 Version table: *** 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u4 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u3 0 500 http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main sparc Packages Also, if you look at https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=wheezy&searchon=names&keywords=openssh-server, you'll notice the 1:6.0p1-4+deb7u4 version is no longer listed for non-lts architectures, even though it was previously available... Have these packages been archived somewhere? What is the recommended sources.list entry to access them? Thanks for your help, Tom -----Original Message----- From: Markus Koschany [mailto:a...@debian.org] Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 12:23 PM To: Tom Turelinckx Cc: debian-lts@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Please remove non-lts architectures from wheezy-security Am 30.04.2016 um 12:17 schrieb Markus Koschany: > Am 29.04.2016 um 20:18 schrieb Tom Turelinckx: >> Hi, >> >> With the non-lts architectures such as sparc now removed from wheezy/updates >> on security.debian.org, what is the recommended way to access the archived >> security updates on non-lts architectures? Is using wheezy-proposed-updates >> the recommended approach? >> >> Thanks, >> Tom > > Hello, > > non-lts architectures are still available on the mirrors but it is > recommended to upgrade to Debian 8, Jessie now. [...] Once the non-lts architectures have been removed, the packages will be archived at archive.debian.org. Markus
