On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 05:13:51PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:21:01PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > [from ftp.uk.debian.org]. > > I have done this many times (albeit never with ftp.uk.debian.org), but it > should be clear from the fact that this only happens to you with unstable, > that apt is not at fault. apt does not treat unstable any differently from > stable; in that particular context, it is just the name of a subdirectory > containing the package lists. > > So, there is either a problem with your network (like a broken proxy), your > mirror, or something else, but not with apt. You might ask on > [email protected] and see if anyone else has the same problem > with that mirror, or indeed at all. i'm going direct, no proxy. will ask. l.
