On 2009-03-19 22:40 +0100, T o n g wrote: > What does it mean that a repo is ignored with "Translation-en_US"? > > This is current status for my aptitude: > > $ aptitude update > Hit http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca lenny Release.gpg > Ign http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca lenny/main Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca lenny/contrib Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca lenny/non-free Translation-en_US > > Get:1 http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca unstable Release.gpg [197B] > > Ign http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca unstable/main Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca unstable/contrib Translation-en_US > > Ign http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca unstable/non-free Translation-en_US > > Hit http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca lenny Release > > Get:2 http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca unstable Release [77.8kB] > > Get:3 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg [197B] > > Ign http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Translation-en_US > > . . .
Your locale seems to be set to en_US, and apt tries to find translations of the package descriptions, which do not exist. I think you can avoid this by putting a line with APT::Acquire::Translation "none"; into /etc/apt/apt.conf. > Then: > > $ apt-cache search lm_sensors > collectd - statistics collection and monitoring daemon > wmgtemp - Temperature sensor dockapp for Window Maker > wmtemp - WM dock applet displaying lm_sensors temperature values > > $ apt-cache policy lm_sensors > W: Unable to locate package lm_sensors > > See, Unable to locate package lm_sensors, what's wrong? All have been > working fine before, and I didn't change anything. Not even exchanging a hyphen for an underscore? ;-) The package is called lm-sensors, not lm_sensors. Underscores are not allowed in package names. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
