On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 18:17:05 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 23:24:31 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 14:20:57 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > > > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 19:40:00 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > > > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 08:18:17 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 08:25:02PM +0000, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 5 Nov 2016, Brian wrote: > > > > > > >Wheezy is an unsupported distribution, just like hamm, etch, > > > > > > >potato etc. > > > > > > >Irrespective of whether it was thought to be wonderful in its day > > > > > > >it is > > > > > > >now moribund apart from LTS. > > > > > > > > > > > > We seem to have different understandings of what LTS stands for. > > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting. > > > > > > > > > > At least remember what the "S" stands for (Brian). > > > > > > > > Noted. Also note that support from all those Wheezy users here wasn't > > > > exactly rampant. > > > > > > What are we to get rampant about? The OP posted a workaround right > > > there in the OP, and glossed it in a follow-up. > > > > > > Most of the thread appears to have discussed the opinion expressed in > > > your first paragraph. > > > > Something for people to get their teeth into. From the first post: > > > > > apt-get changelog libxslt1.1 > > > Err Changelog for libxslt1.1 > > (http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt_1.1.26-14.1+deb7u2/changelog) > > > 404 Not Found [IP: 5.153.231.3 80] > > > > On my machine: > > > > brian@desktop:~$ lynx > > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/updates/main/ > > The requested URL /changelogs/updates/main was not found > > on this server. > > > > What does the workabout compensate for? > > The 404. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00098.html step 8.
The idea of a workabout getting a file which doesn't exist is an interesting one. :) Leaving that aside, what 'apt-get changelog' is doing and why is also interesting. Commenting out the "security" line could have a different outcome. (Wheezy or not). -- Brian. > > Cheers, > David. >