On Friday 14 December 2012 00:40:32 Glenn English wrote: > On Dec 13, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 13 December 2012 22:26:32 Tom H wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On Thursday 13 December 2012 16:59:57 Tom H wrote: > >>>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> Err http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main mysql-common all > >>>>> 5.1.63-0+squeeze1 > >>>>> 404 Not Found [IP: 212.211.132.32 80] > >>>> > >>>> There should be a space between "squeeze/updates" and "main", not a > >>>> "/". > >>> > >>> My sources list entry is: > >>> deb http://security.debian.org/squeeze/updates main contrib non-free > >>> deb-src http://security.debian.org/squeeze/updates main contrib > >>> non-free > >>> > >>> As you see, no slash. Aptitude put the slash in. > >>> > >>> But this is now solved anyway. There was a space where none should be. > >>> > >>> <quote> > >>> It says: > >>> org/ squeeze > >>> where it should say > >>> org/squeeze > >>> > >>> I.e. there was an extraneous space. > >>> </quote> > >>> > >>> All is now well. > >>> > >>> Thanks for the input. > >> > >> You're welcome. I saw you later email earlier but didn't have the time > >> to answer. > >> > >> What you're saying is that you have > >> > >> http://security.debian.org/squeeze/updates main > >> > >> and aptitude's turning it into > >> > >> http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main > >> > >> but I'm saying that it should be > >> > >> http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main > > > > That is what I had before the install failed - repeatedly, and always > > with the same error. Now that I have removed the space it all works. I > > am therefore somewhat reluctant to restore the space. :-) > > My sources.list line says: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
Yes, that was what I had before I removed the space. It had been working fine and suddenly started to throw errors. Removing the space after .org/ and before squeeze solved the problem. > That was put there by the installer, who calls itself "cdrom:[Debian > GNU/Linux 6.0.6 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 > 20120930-15:53]/ squeeze main". Me too, except that I use the net-ionstall disk > Martin Krafft, in his book "The Debian System", suggests: > > deb http://security.debian.org sarge/updates main contrib non-free > > Both Martin and the installer ought to know, but they don't say quite the > same thing -- note the '/' (or lack thereof) after debian.org... > > Does anyone know for sure what's going on? I do hope that someone does and is willing to share the secret! Lisi > Is there maybe a bug in one of > the apt programs that concatenates stings incorrectly (so the '/' makes a > difference)? Has something changed since sarge? > > -- > Glenn English -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201212141153.07676.lisi.re...@gmail.com
