Don: There is probably something wrong in the "recipe" I found for Sarge, or it does not apply to "etch" following my modifications.
It I set (1) and (2) as below stated, apt-get update ends with: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http: etch-backports/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/_www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http: etch-backports/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/_www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http: etch-backports/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/_www.backports.org_debian_dists_etch-backports_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. If I comment out "Pin-Priority: 200" apt-get update ends with: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/Release.gpg Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/main/binary- i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/contrib/bina ry-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Failed to fetch http:/www.backports.org/debian/dists/etch-backports/non-free/bin ary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to http: Reading package lists... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. francesco _____________________________________ --- Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Is the following a correct procedure for etch amd64? (modified from a > recipe I > > found for sarge): > > > > (1) Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file > > > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free > > > > (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge") > > > > (2) Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/apt-file.conf > > That will deactivate all packages from backports.org > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=etch-backports > > Pin-Priority: 200 > > > > (i.e."apt-file.conf" in place of "preferences" and "etch" in place of > "sarge"). > > > > (3) #apt-get -t etch-backports install <packagename> > > > > (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge"). > > There's no real need to set a Pin-Priority; the above also assumes > that the package has already been backported to etch. I don't know if > that's the case. > > > Don Armstrong > > -- > More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. > One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. > The other, to total extinction. > Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. > -- Woody Allen > > http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
