On 12 February 2011 21:10, Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sb, 12 feb 11, 05:54:55, Tom H wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Andrei Popescu > > <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:33:30, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > >> > > >> The testing repositories need not be used either. They are mostly for > when > > >> the version in testing differs from the version in unstable, the > unstable > > >> version can't or shouldn't be force-migrated, and the testing version > needs > > >> updated. In this uncommon case, a version that falls between the one > in > > >> testing and unstable is uploaded to testing-proposed-updates and can > be > > >> migrated. > > > > > > As far as I understand sid/unstable users should always have testing in > > > their sources.lists, since the Release Managers sometimes remove > > > packages from unstable to help testing migration. I can search for the > > > exact reference in case someone is interested. > > > > Yes, please. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00582.html > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > <snip> O.K., so now, what I have as a result of 'aptitude update' is this: Bandit:/home/weaver# aptitude update Get:1 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable Release.gpg [835 B] Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/contrib Translation-en_AU Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/main Translation-en_AU Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en Ign http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/ unstable/non-free Translation-en_AU Hit http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au unstable Release E: Release file expired, ignoring http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/dists/unstable/Release (invalid since 9h 53min 14s) This is after reducing my /etc/apt/sources.list down to just the one line for 'unstable'. Should I re-enter the 'testing' security line back in? The standard 'testing' line also? When I run aptitude at the ncurses interface, there's almost nothing in it. Thanks for any time and trouble. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
