On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:41:50PM -0600, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > From: Joe Rhett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Let me rephrase. Either the US mirrors are screwed, or there is > > less than a dozen packages in testing. Because adding testing to > > the sources list and doing an apt-get update (which was successful) > > and then trying to upgrade packages gets me next to nothing. I > > found hundreds more packages in 'security' than I did in testing, > > which actually baffles me since they should have much of the same > > content according to the debian guidelines. > > Try adding this line to your /etc/apt/apt.conf file and see if you get > better results with your 'apt-get update': > APT::Default-Release "testing";
That's unnecessary if you only have one release listed in /etc/apt/sources.list (which is the configuration I'd strongly recommend) and may just introduce confusion in that case. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
