[plug] West Australian Debian mirrors

[Lance Duivenbode]

Just from memory I thought that 

	deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/pool/ main contrib non-free

Should be

	deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/  etch main contrib non-free

?

Lance

On Monday 27 August 2007 16:10:45 Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
>
> After having installed Debian etch on a new computer, I have been unable
> to access the West Australian mirrors for Debian; the only mirrors that
> I have been able to access for Debian, are the mirror(s) at Debian, for
> security upgrades.
>
> To add any aditional packages, I had to modify the sources.list file,
> to get aditional packages from the installation disk set.
>
> The sources.list file contents are:
>
> "cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> #
>   deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
> 20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main
>
>   deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1
> 20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main
>
>   deb http://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/ stable main contrib
> non-free
>
>
>   deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ stable/updates main contrib
> non-free
>   deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/ stable main
> contrib non-free
>
> deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ main contrib
> non-free
>
> deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/pool/ main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> "
>
> The "pool" entry came from searching the Debian packages web site for
> gFTP, where it gave that source.
>
> Apart from the Debian security URL's, I have tried interchanging the
> strings "stable" and "etch", with the same results.
>
> If I run apt-get update, the ouput is as follows.
>
> "apt-get update
> Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD
> Binary-1 20070407-11:40] etch Release.gpg
> Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD
> Binary-1 20070407-11:40] etch Release
> Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD
> Binary-1 20070407-11:40] etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD
> Binary-1 20070407-11:40] etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD
> Binary-1 20070407-11:40] etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD
> Binary-1 20070407-11:40] etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
> Get:1 http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable Release.gpg [378B]
> Hit http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable Release
> Ign http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
> Hit http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable/main Packages
> Hit http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable/contrib Packages
> Hit http://ftp.uwa.edu.au stable/non-free Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates Release.gpg
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable Release.gpg
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main Release.gpg
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main Release.gpg
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates Release
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable Release
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main Release
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main Release
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
> Get:2 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B]
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/main Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/contrib Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/non-free Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/contrib Packages
> Ign http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/non-free Packages
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/main Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/contrib Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/non-free Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/contrib Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Err http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org main/non-free Packages
>    404 Not Found
> Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
> Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
> Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
> Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources
> Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources
> Fetched 2B in 3s (1B/s)
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/Pa
>ckages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/updates/contrib/binary-i386
>/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/updates/non-free/binary-i38
>6/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/dists/stable/main/binary-i3
>86/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/dists/stable/contrib/binary
>-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/dists/stable/non-free/binar
>y-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/dists/main/contrib/binary-i38
>6/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/dists/main/non-free/binary-i3
>86/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/pool/dists/main/contrib/binary-i386/Pack
>ages.gz 404 Not Found
> Failed to fetch
> http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/pool/dists/main/non-free/binary-i386/Pac
>kages.gz 404 Not Found
> Reading package lists... Done
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> stable/updates/main Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_updates_main_b
>inary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> stable/updates/contrib Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_updates_contri
>b_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> stable/updates/non-free Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_updates_non-fr
>ee_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> stable/main Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_dists_stable_m
>ain_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> stable/contrib Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_dists_stable_c
>ontrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> stable/non-free Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_dists_stable_n
>on-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> main/contrib Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_dists_main_contr
>ib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> main/non-free Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_dists_main_non-f
>ree_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> main/contrib Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_pool_dists_main_contrib_bin
>ary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org
> main/non-free Packages
> (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.wa.au.debian.org_debian_pool_dists_main_non-free_bi
>nary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> ones used instead.
> "
>
> In order to instal PINE 4.64 (the latest version of PINE that is
> "stable", as opposed to Alpine, that is "testing" (?) ), in the Debian
> package form, which was built using Debian 3.0, it would not instal
> using the current version of libssl, which is 0.9.8, and it required
> 0.9.7, and the only way that I could find that, was using the
> installtion disks.
>
> I think that I also required to use the installation disks, to instal
> gFTP, which I could not otherwise find, to instal.
>
> Can someone please tell me what are the correct lines or paths, to be
> using in the sources.list file, so that I can access packages and
> updates across the Internet, other than being limited to security
> updates from Debian itself?
>
> Thank you in anticipation.
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
>
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>   you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
>    Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>    "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>    A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>    written by Douglas Adams,
>    published by Pan Books, 1992
>
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