On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Kent West wrote: > >I thought maybe it was a problem with my /etc/sources.list file. I > >tried changing to a different site, but that didn't help. Here is my > >/etc/sources.list file, and following that, my apt-get update errors. > > > ># begin /etc/sources.list > ># Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits > ># your mirror contains. > ># deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free > ># See sources.list(5) for more information, especial > ># Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs > >deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian main contrib non-free > ># end of /etc/sources.list > > I think you want this last line to be "deb ftp://"; instead of "deb http://";.
That site supports both ftp and http (in spite of its name). I find the http method runs a bit faster (and with apt 0.3 there is no ftp method). Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
