On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 06:17:38PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > Chris Brotherton on 18/05/06 16:38, wrote: > >>>IMHO, its better to pre-empt that by pointing to etch instead of > >>>testing. then when etch ebcomes stable, you'll stabilise and can > >>>decide on your own when to brave the churning in testing. And I > >>>suspect that's a lot easier than trying to go through a downgrade > >>>process. > >>You mean 'testing' and 'etch' are interchangeable as far as the > >>sources.list entry goes? > >> > >Right now yes, but they won't be once etch is released. > > I changed testing to etch in my sources.list and got this error: > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org > etch/updates/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.debian.skynet.be etch/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.skynet.be_ftp_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org > etch/updates/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.debian.skynet.be etch/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.skynet.be_ftp_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) >
This is a well known feature of the apt-get/aptitude system. There is a way of supressing these error message that can be found in the archives, but which I cannot recall. A crude fix is to simply do apt-get update twice each time you change sources.list. You will find that the error message never occurs on the *second* update. Hopefully, someone else following this thread will contribute an explanation of why this messages happens, and/or the details of what needs to be done to suppress it. For me, it is a minor annoyance that only happens when I edit my sources.list -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
