Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-09 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 09 May 2011 00:12:23 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 13:28, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: There is a point when I don't care about being right or wrong, I made my say and I'll not argue over trivial things with people who I'd really rather get along with.

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-09 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 08 May 2011 22:12:23 Dotan Cohen wrote: That does not mean that I intend to debate the subject for three days over tens of posts. So why are you doing it?? Here's a revolutionary idea: you could let someone else have the last word and get on with your life. No-one but you yourself

Re: URL shortening (was Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list)

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 01:33, Arno Schuring aelschur...@hotmail.com wrote: However, this mailing list is archived. That means that links given on this mailing list are not simply fire-and-forget, they should be able to be resolved years from now. And while we cannot guarantee that any link

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 23:34, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: I appreciate your willingness to help, don't get me wrong. But just as I am here to learn, I thought that you might also be interested in learning the error of using url-shortening services. Oh, I remember you now.

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 07:50, Freeman hew...@gmail.com wrote: Craigevil is very cool but his sources.list has open lines so I cleaned it up, I hope. It's late here. Check it. Especailly for something that wrapped. That's great, thanks! I will go cherry-pick through there. -- Dotan Cohen

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:41, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I just tried tinyurl with wget and got the same IP address (and 200 response) as you. I didn't check the links, though. Then? Are you still getting trouble to reach the tinyurl web site? If yes, there could be a filter/proxy in

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 08 May 2011 09:42:49 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:41, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I just tried tinyurl with wget and got the same IP address (and 200 response) as you. I didn't check the links, though. Then? Are you still getting trouble to reach the

Re: URL shortening (was Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list)

2011-05-08 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 09:28:54AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: There were actually a few cases of these link-shortening services going under. Tr.im went under and was bought, Canonical and Google both bought and saved one (I don't remember the names) and for a while bit.ly was under threat for

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 13:28, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 09:42:49 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:41, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: I just tried tinyurl with wget and got the same IP address (and 200 response) as you. I didn't check the

Re: URL shortening (was Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list)

2011-05-07 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 07 mai 11, 00:33:59, Arno Schuring wrote: In other words, please do not use (unnecessary) URL mangling. It needlessly makes your message useless for posterity. +1 Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers:

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-07 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 06 May 2011 23:07:15 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: I just tried tinyurl with wget and got the same IP address (and 200 response) as you. I didn't check the links, though. Then? Are you still getting trouble to reach the tinyurl web site? If yes, there could be a filter/proxy in between of

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 04:54, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com wrote: There is a sample /etc/apt/sources.list file on my kernel-building web page:   http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm Look for it under Step 1: Update Your sources.list File That is a terrific page, Stephen.

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:57, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: The tinyurl server is giving a 500 error. Why on earth would you add an unreliable, third-party link to the already fragile chain of HTTP? It didn't then and it doesn't now. Still is for me. I for one do not want

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 06 May 2011 14:02:47 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:57, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: The tinyurl server is giving a 500 error. Why on earth would you add an unreliable, third-party link to the already fragile chain of HTTP? It didn't then and it

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 15:28, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Still is for me. It works here but anyway, you can use a TinyURL decoder: http://kiserai.net/turl.pl Still 500. That's a server error, not a network error. I'm surprised that it works for anybody. All I can think of here is

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 06 May 2011 15:47:42 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 15:28, Camaleón wrote: Still is for me. It works here but anyway, you can use a TinyURL decoder: http://kiserai.net/turl.pl Still 500. That's a server error, not a network error. I'm surprised that it works

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 16:32, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 06 May 2011 15:47:42 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 15:28, Camaleón wrote: Still is for me. It works here but anyway, you can use a TinyURL decoder: http://kiserai.net/turl.pl Still 500. That's a

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 6 May 2011 21:02, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Big snip I appreciate your willingness to help, don't get me wrong. But just as I am here to learn, I thought that you might also be interested in learning the error of using url-shortening services. Oh, I remember you now. I

URL shortening (was Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list)

2011-05-06 Thread Arno Schuring
Dotan Cohen (dotanco...@gmail.com on 2011-05-06 23:07 +0300): No, this is not a matter of preference. There is no reason to pipe the links through some third party service [..] What advantage exists at all to use tinyURL? While I share your sentiment in general (I would never click on a

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-06 Thread Freeman
On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 11:04:22AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Obviously I've done something wrong because on a virgin Squeeze install /etc/apt/sources.list has no repos other than the disc! Can someone please send to me a copy of this file. Custom added repos are fine, I'll be able to figure it

Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
Obviously I've done something wrong because on a virgin Squeeze install /etc/apt/sources.list has no repos other than the disc! Can someone please send to me a copy of this file. Custom added repos are fine, I'll be able to figure it out. Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread kuLa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/05/11 09:04, Dotan Cohen wrote: Obviously I've done something wrong because on a virgin Squeeze install /etc/apt/sources.list has no repos other than the disc! Can someone please send to me a copy of this file. Custom added repos are fine,

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:07, kuLa deb...@kulisz.net wrote: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 5 May 2011 18:04, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Obviously I've done something wrong because on a virgin Squeeze install /etc/apt/sources.list has no repos other than the disc! Can someone please send to me a copy of this file. Custom added repos are fine, I'll be able to figure

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 14:44, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: Why not install netselect-apt and let that do it for you? Regards, 1) I've never heard of it! 2) It doesn't seem to be on the disc, so I'd need a configured repo anyway. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il

Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Stephen Powell
On Thu, 05 May 2011 11:27:38 -0400 (EDT), Dotan Cohen wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 14:44, Heddle Weaver weaver2wo...@gmail.com wrote: Why not install netselect-apt and let that do it for you? 1) I've never heard of it! 2) It doesn't seem to be on the disc, so I'd need a configured repo