On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:26:15AM -0400, Robert James Kaes wrote: > Thanks. I added those lines, did an apt-get update and then my apt-get > dselect-upgrade. The required files all came in, but they came in from > the http://http.us.debian.org address. Can you explain why the files > would come in now with those added mirror lines, but from a server that > failed prior to those lines being added?
Because http.us.debian.org is a round-robin DNS, referring to several mirrors, and you were iterating through them all until you actually found one that had all the packages you wanted. <sigh> Just another unstable user that can't be bothered to read debian-devel-announce, where it was announced that ftp-master was in search of new hosting, and therefore mirrors are not updating. -- Marc Wilson | He who is good for making excuses is seldom good [EMAIL PROTECTED] | for anything else. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
