On 2026-01-24, David <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 at 00:51, Bob McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 1/23/26 02:58 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> > It turns out the OP actually had multiple contradictory sources, >> > one in /etc/apt/sources.list (bookworm), and one in some file >> > under /etc/apt/sources.listl.d/ (trixie), neither of which we ever >> > got to see. > >> Yes, I had files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d that were causing the problem. > >> I'm not sure why or when they were created. >> >> I discovered them this morning and simply moved them out of the way and >> my update/upgrade ran flawlessly. >> >> I did not think it necessary to send out copies of these errant files >> but if you think that would be helpful I can certainly do so. > > Hi, how could *we* know if it would be helpful or not? > Due to your communication style, we do not yet have any > information from which to formulate a useful answer. > > What we know: > - you had some files > - we dont know their names > - we dont know what they contain > - something probably put them there for a reason > - we dont know what put them there > - you disabled them somehow > > ¯\_((⊙＿⊙))_/¯ > > It *could* be helpful to *you* if those files were there for a reason, > and "moving them out of the way" without any understanding caused > something else that you care about to break mysteriously in the future. > > By not showing us exactly what you are doing, and not sharing the > details, you keep us in the dark, which means that we have less idea > than you do about the answers to your questions. >
My parents used to say: It's like pulling teeth.
