Re: /etc/apt/sources.list
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 02:01:37PM +0800, David Palmer wrote: > On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:26 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:04:46AM +0800, David Palmer wrote: [snip] > > Right! > So there's no need to include an amd64 rider in there at all? > Apt picks it up automagically? you can also look here for mirrors http://www.debian.org/mirror/list > > Thanks for your help. > Regards, > > David Palmer. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You believe in the Almighty, and I believe in the Almighty. That's why we'll be great partners." - George W. Bush 12/10/2002 Washington, DC to Turkish Prime Minister Recap Tayyip Erdogan, signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: /etc/apt/sources.list
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:26 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:04:46AM +0800, David Palmer wrote: > > Having a problem - with two different releases, now, 4.0r3 and 4.0r4, on > > installation. > > > > For some reason the installer no longer includes John Hasler's pppconfig > > package (although plenty of attention is given to pppoe), setserial > > isn't included in the base config to assist with modem port detection, > > so consequently, there's no access to a mirror and the only thing that > > ends up in the sources.list file is the cdrom path. > > > > I could probably figure things out but I'm a bit doubtful on the syntax > > employed when specifying the paths in the /etc/apt/sources.list edit. > > > > I've searched everywhere fron Martin Kraft's book, to ' Linux Rute > > User's Tutorial and Exposition', the Debian site - including the amd64 > > installation manual, man pages and google.amongst others, but I can > > find no hard and fast specification as to whether the 'amd64' qualifier > > should be included in the path and if so, how it should be qualified, > > i.e. associated with forward slashes; underscores or hyphens. > > > > Could anybody point me to a reliable source, please? > > man sources.list > >Some examples: > >deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib > non-free >deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ Right! So there's no need to include an amd64 rider in there at all? Apt picks it up automagically? Thanks for your help. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /etc/apt/sources.list
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:04:46AM +0800, David Palmer wrote: > Having a problem - with two different releases, now, 4.0r3 and 4.0r4, on > installation. > > For some reason the installer no longer includes John Hasler's pppconfig > package (although plenty of attention is given to pppoe), setserial > isn't included in the base config to assist with modem port detection, > so consequently, there's no access to a mirror and the only thing that > ends up in the sources.list file is the cdrom path. > > I could probably figure things out but I'm a bit doubtful on the syntax > employed when specifying the paths in the /etc/apt/sources.list edit. > > I've searched everywhere fron Martin Kraft's book, to ' Linux Rute > User's Tutorial and Exposition', the Debian site - including the amd64 > installation manual, man pages and google.amongst others, but I can > find no hard and fast specification as to whether the 'amd64' qualifier > should be included in the path and if so, how it should be qualified, > i.e. associated with forward slashes; underscores or hyphens. > > Could anybody point me to a reliable source, please? man sources.list Some examples: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ > > I'll have to read the answer in the archives as I've been off-line for a > while and I've got about 10,000 emails backed up on me. > With spam training on a new mail client, that's a whole separate issue > > Thanks for any information. > Regards, > > David Palmer. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "I got to know Ken Lay when he was head of the What they call the Governor's Business Council in Texas. He was a supporter of Ann Richards in my run in And she had named him the head of the Governor's Business Council. And I decided to leave him in place, just for the sake of continuity. And that's when I first got to know Ken and worked with Ken." - George W. Bush 01/10/2002 Washington, DC attempting to distance himself from his biggest political patron, Enron Chairman Ken Lay, whom he nicknamed Kenny Boy signature.asc Description: Digital signature
