Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-03 Thread ray
Marc, > One small note -- it would be helpful to include a little bit of context > > in your messages (like I did here) to help people see what you're > > responding to. > Thank you. I will do that. ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-03 Thread ray
Andrei > > Rather a redirector, but as far as end users are concerned the > > difference is not important. See http://http.debian.net/ for more > > details. > That was great! Thank you. I really like the security behind the mirrors. ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
ray writes: > Marc, > > Thank you for your efforts. I tried it again and reached > http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ which seems like the URL in source.list is > just a relay. > > ray One small note -- it would be helpful to include a little bit of context in your messages (like I did here)

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread Klaus
On 02/04/14 13:44, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 02 apr 14, 04:30:45, ray wrote: Andrei, Thank you for the information. I have subsequently turned off that computer; I don't know if I can go back and retrieve the session. I would like to learn how to retrieve a session and the limitations. I

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 02 apr 14, 04:21:22, ray wrote: > Marc, > > Thank you for your efforts. I tried it again and reached > http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ which seems like the URL in > source.list is just a relay. Rather a redirector, but as far as end users are concerned the difference is not importan

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 02 apr 14, 04:30:45, ray wrote: > Andrei, > > Thank you for the information. I have subsequently turned off that > computer; I don't know if I can go back and retrieve the session. I > would like to learn how to retrieve a session and the limitations. I > would appreciate a link to so

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread ray
Andrei, Thank you for the information. I have subsequently turned off that computer; I don't know if I can go back and retrieve the session. I would like to learn how to retrieve a session and the limitations. I would appreciate a link to some specifics. ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread ray
Joe, Yes, that is what happened; I couldn't get a package. I tried a couple times and it did not find the package. I tried several hours later (just so I could document the steps) and it worked. It seems like the mirror I was directed to what not functioning correctly. ray -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread ray
Marc, Thank you for your efforts. I tried it again and reached http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ which seems like the URL in source.list is just a relay. ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 01 apr 14, 17:27:18, ray wrote: > The URL in the default source.list doesn't seem correct: > > /etc/apt/sources.list -> > deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free > > The above path is to a directory with other folders. But Wheezy is a > subdirectory of dists, no

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-01 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
ray writes: > The URL in the default source.list doesn't seem correct: > > /etc/apt/sources.list -> > deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free > > The above path is to a directory with other folders. But Wheezy is a > subdirectory of dists, not debian. So it seems the

Re: Source.list URL

2014-04-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 04/01/2014 05:27 PM, ray wrote: The URL in the default source.list doesn't seem correct: /etc/apt/sources.list -> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free The above path is to a directory with other folders. But Wheezy is a subdirectory of dists, not debian. So it

Source.list URL

2014-04-01 Thread ray
The URL in the default source.list doesn't seem correct: /etc/apt/sources.list -> deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free The above path is to a directory with other folders. But Wheezy is a subdirectory of dists, not debian. So it seems the URL should be: deb http://