On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 12:54 -0500, Default User wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 11:54 -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Default User wrote: > > > Hello. > > > This is my /etc/apt/sources.list file: > > > > > > > > > > > > #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main > > > > > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main > > > deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main > > > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main > > > > > > > > > > > > That was created by Debian Stable after a fresh install. It seems > > > rather sparse. After past installs of earlier versions the file had more > > > entries, iirc. > > > > > > Also, I don't seem to be getting any updates after running: > > > > > > sudo apt-get check > > > sudo apt-get clean > > > sudo apt get update > > > sudo apt-get upgrade > > > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > > > > > > Am I missing some important or at least useful entries? > > > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > > > > Looks okay to me. > > > > Stable doesn't get a lot of changes (that's the whole meaning of the > > word "stable"), so I'm not surprised you're not getting any updates. > > > > If you want the newest, cutting-est-edge stuff, you can add unstable (or > > testing) to your file, and then you're likely to get updates a lot more > > often. > > > > For example, here's my file on a Sid box: > > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free > > > > Notice that I also am pulling from the contrib and non-free "branches", > > and that I only have stable listed in the security line (as it's > > somewhat meaningless to have a testing/unstable security line). > > > > -- > > Kent > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. Btw, I noticed you have > http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. > Would ftp://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free work > just as well? > > Not to start a techno flame war, but what is better, ftp or http? > > Thanks.
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