On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, John Goerzen wrote: > Hi, > > I currently have this in my apt sources.list: > > deb ftp://garfield/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://garfield/debian sid main contrib non-free > deb file:/garfield/ftp/pub/mirrors/debian-non-US > dists/unstable/non-US/binary-$(ARCH)/ > > However, for some packages, this has recently broken. Ie: > > (these errors generally refer to something older than what's in sid, or > broken symlinks apparently, or something along those lines. How do I fix?) > > ERROR > ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/misc/gpm_1.14-3.deb > 550 /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/misc/gpm_1.14-3.deb: not a > plain file. > ERROR > ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/net/ytalk_3.0.3-6.deb > 550 /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/net/ytalk_3.0.3-6.deb: not a > plain file. > ERROR > ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/oldlibs/ncurses3.4_1.9.9g-8.11.deb > 550 > /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/oldlibs/ncurses3.4_1.9.9g-8.11.deb: > not a plain file. > ERROR > ftp://garfield/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/shells/tcsh_6.08.01-2.2.deb > 550 /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-alpha/shells/tcsh_6.08.01-2.2.deb: > not a plain file.
This is an error from the remote ftp server. A symlink points to a non-existant file. as to how to fix? Adam
