On Sat, 2018-02-10 at 22:42 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 08:10:18AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > root@AbNormal:/home/comp# apt-get clean > > root@AbNormal:/home/comp# > > > > Just before I read your reply I edited sources-list for a different > > source, debian.uchicago.edu father than debian.org, and the > > synaptic > > function was partially restored. > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.3.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD > > Binary-1 20171209-12:11]/ stretch contrib main > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.3.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 DVD > > Binary-1 20171209-12:11]/ stretch main contrib > > > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch contrib non-free > > main > > deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch contrib non-free > > main > > > > # deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates > > main > > contrib non-free > > # deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ > > stretch/updates > > main contrib non-free > > > > # stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile' > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-updates non-free > > contrib > > main > > deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-updates non-free > > contrib main > > > > # stretch-backports, previously on backports.debian.org > > deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-backports non-free > > contrib main > > deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stretch-backports non- > > free > > contrib main > > > > For some reason synaptic didn't like Debian security entries, but > > worked when they were commented out. However, I am not happy about > > not > > being able to receive security updates. Are those entries correct? > > > > I think the answer to that is no. On Stretch here I have > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrin non- > free > > ie no /debian-security > > Mark >
Mark Thanks for the reply. Still a problem. Here's the error message: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stretch/updates/InRele ase Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Again, commenting out those lines eliminated the error.
