Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-05 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 04:56:10AM -0500, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 05:45:42AM +0100, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main > > There are no security updates for Sarge. This is not correct. My sarge machine has had 41 upgraded packages

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: > Franklin PIAT wrote: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main > > There are no security updates for Sarge. Security updates are still being offered for Sarge for an unspecified period of time. But the clock is ticking. Eventually they will no longer be ava

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-05 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 05:45:42AM +0100, Franklin PIAT wrote: [Please do not top post] > Hello, > > I am not sure if it's because of the email (line wrapping)... > Anyway, a typical line should look like : > > deb ftp://ftp.mx.kernel.org/debian/ sarge main contrib > > I guess your file shoul

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-05 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:31:06PM -0700, Marc wrote: > Hi everyboy there !!! > I have sarge installed in my system (VAIO VGN-FE770G), my sources.list > file has the following links: [snip not-working sources.list] > They are not working so I am unable to make updates to sarge. Does any > one kno

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Paolo, your Mail-Followup-To: specifies an address that is bouncing with "Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table". I removed it from this message. Contact me offline if you want details. Paolo wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Most archives and mirrors do support the name

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-04 Thread Paolo
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 09:49:46AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > 'oldstable' in place of 'sarge', as not all maintain the aliases > > name<-->*stable. So if an url fails, check directly with eg lynx(1). > > Most archives and mirrors do support the named release tracks though. eg debian multimedia

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Paolo wrote: > Franklin PIAT wrote: > > deb ftp://ftp.mx.kernel.org/debian/ sarge main contrib > > besides, note that for some non-official archive you may need to write > 'oldstable' in place of 'sarge', as not all maintain the aliases > name<-->*stable. So if an url fails, check directly with e

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-04 Thread Paolo
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 05:45:42AM +0100, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > deb ftp://ftp.mx.kernel.org/debian/ sarge main contrib besides, note that for some non-official archive you may need to write 'oldstable' in place of 'sarge', as not all maintain the aliases name<-->*stable. So if an url fails, c

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-03 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, I am not sure if it's because of the email (line wrapping)... Anyway, a typical line should look like : deb ftp://ftp.mx.kernel.org/debian/ sarge main contrib I guess your file should be deb ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sarge main deb-src ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sarge main d

sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-03 Thread Marc
Hi everyboy there !!! I have sarge installed in my system (VAIO VGN-FE770G), my sources.list file has the following links: #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r4 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20061116)]/ unstable contrib main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r4 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (2