[plug] Debian apt-get question

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Leon Brooks wrote:

> 
>     Failed to fetch
>     ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/\ [my \, original is 1 line]
>     pool/main/v/vim/vim-ruby_6.1.018-1_i386.deb
>     Unable to fetch file, server said
>     '/mirrors/linux/debian/pool/main/v/vim/vim-ruby_6.1.018-1_i386.deb:
>     No such file or directory  '
> 
> Please explain? It seems to happily fetch many other files. I decided to 
> install postgresql and a passel of other stuff, and have wound up with 
> hundreds of message like this.
> 
> /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this:
> 
>     deb ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/ woody contrib main non-free
>     deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main

Baically the Packages file on uwa says the latest vim-ruby = 6.1.018-1 BUT
that .deb hasn't been downloaded yet.

Unfortunatly it happens from time-to-time with a second teir mirror :(


Yours Tony

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