On Thu 14 Jan 2016 at 09:39:26 +0530, Udyant Wig wrote: > On 01/14/2016 02:08 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 13 Jan 2016 at 12:36:33 -0600, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > > > >> On Wed, January 13, 2016 12:31 pm, Amr Saber wrote: > >>> The problem is that the sources.list file was accidentally deleted > >>> and I can't find any version of it online > >> > >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib > >> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib > > > > Why not suggest a mirror which would be suitable for anyone, no matter > > what their location in the world is? > > > > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib > > deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib > > I tried the redirector a while ago, but one mirror kept returning 403, > necessitating reruns of apt(itude). So, I switched to specific > mirrors after that. I haven't revisited using the redirector since > then.
Such (not always transient) errors are not unknown but the redirector cannot turn a malfunctioning mirror into a well-behaved one. The place to report such an issue is mirr...@lists.debian.org. I wonder what the reaction would have been to a suggestion for Amr Saber to use deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib ? httpredir.debian.org/debian/ mitigates the need to think about and investigate which specific mirror to choose. Of course both can be put in sources.list.
