* bob parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:05, Matej Pfajfar wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am experiencing some problems with apt-get update. > > What happens is that it can't fetch the Packages file from the debian > > security site. > > > > This is the error I get : > > > > Failed to fetch > > http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/Package > > s 404 Not Found > > > The latest update seemed to me to be rather large. > The apt-get update completed but the following apt-get upgrade > failed with some errors including a 404 or two. > > The suggestion was to apt-get update - don't do that after a > successful update, it causes the entire upgrade to download again. > > It took 3 apt-get upgrade to get the entire list of packages down > and then complete the upgrade. > In my case, it all downloaded right off, but with such a large group of apps and libraries, you need 3 or even 4 rounds of "upgrade" to complete configuration and installation.
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