-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Thomas wrote: >>> You can try this: >>> add the line >>> deb ftp://de.samba.org/samba.org/Binary_Packages/Debian/ stable >>> main to your /etc/apt/sources.list then apt-get update, apt-get >>> dist-upgrade. This should update Samba to 2.2.7a. > tried it a few minutes ago. apt-get update shows: > ... > Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release > Hit ftp://de.samba.org stable/main Packages > Get:2 ftp://de.samba.org stable/main Release > Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages > Ign ftp://de.samba.org stable/main Release > ... > I don't know much about Debian but I got the same messages right > before updating 2.2.3 from the "standard" Debian stable to Version > 2.2.7a published by the Samba-team on their mirrors. I don't know why > the output shows "Get 2" and "Ign" for de.samba.org but it did work. > I'm using the german mirror. Perhaps you can try another one. The problem here is that the "Release" file is missing on the server. And the effect is that the apt utility can't check to which release the packages are belonging. The "Release" file has the following format (copied from [1]): Origin: Debian Label: Debian Suite: stable Version: 3.0r1a Codename: woody Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:45:37 UTC Architectures: alpha arm hppa i386 ia64 m68k mips mipsel powerpc s390 sparc Components: main contrib non-free Description: Debian 3.0r1a Released 16th December 2002 MD5Sum: 678eab2d1d603992726f697765dadf33 3208 main/disks-alpha/current/md5sum.txt 678eab2d1d603992726f697765dadf33 3208 main/disks-alpha/3.0.23-2002-05-21/md5sum.txt <!--StartFragment-->SHA1: c6127040c645338c14d6983a568ad6c608417374 3208 main/disks-alpha/current/md5sum.txt c6127040c645338c14d6983a568ad6c608417374 3208 main/disks-alpha/3.0.23-2002-05-21/md5sum.txt 7652d2dab0d0fa416635e03d7b065d4848585c86 6244592 main/binary-alpha/Packages 77da3f08bd05101746e79d03ee95b5c6f35abb28 1700954 main/binary-alpha/Packages.gz
Would it be possible that any of the samba-mirror maintainers generates a file like this? [1] ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/Release/ Cheers Nicki - -- Linksystem Muenchen GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Schloerstrasse 10 http://www.link-m.de 80634 Muenchen Tel. 089 / 890 518-0 We make the Net work. Fax 089 / 890 518-77 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> Comment: Get my key at: https://www.link-m.de/pgp/n.messerschmidt.asc iQA/AwUBPjFuSOs1nPm17iBDEQJjTgCfX+jVDbYwt2YaNRW339gu33aljuMAoKP/ /B49lNH3UYjPFsxVyQy/xeB3 =3+nv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
