[H-GEN] Humbug General... (fwd)

[Anthony Ison]

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Name:    mirror.aarnet.edu.au
Address:  192.111.32.2

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Name:    mirror.aarnet.edu.au
Address:  192.111.32.2
Aliases:  ftp.au.debian.org

Er, don't I feel silly.  The files exist on ftp.debian.org.  I'm checking
other Aust mirrors now....

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Peter Kloeckl 
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:24 PM
> To:	general at lists.humbug.org.au
> Subject:	Re: [H-GEN] Humbug General... (fwd)
> 
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> Andrae Muys <a.muys at mailbox.uq.edu.au> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have recently tried to do a dist-upgrade to the debian distribution,
> > woody.  I have updated my /etc/apt/sources.list file to point to
> unstable,
> > and proceeded with an update and upgrade.
> > 
> > The following files came up as not being available on mirror aarnet:
> > libstdc++2.1-dev
> > gcc_2.95.2-14
> > tetex-lib_1.0.7+20000807-3
> > zlib1g_1.1.3-10
> > base-config_0.37
> > enlightenment_0.16.4-4
> > exim
> > 
> > There were some others, but I didn't write them down.  I have checked
> > ftp.au.debian.org as well, and it really does look like the files are
> > missing.  I'm not really sure what to do about this now.  Have I done
> > something wrong?  Or should the files be there?
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > Anthony
> 
> Are you really sure those files are missing? Did you use FTP 
> to check manually? 
> If so, try one of the main US mirrors off debian.org,
> or alternatively, what happens if you run "apt-get update"?
> 
> Also, I've attached my /etc/apt/sources.list. Try using it...
> And don't forget to run "apt-get update" before you do
> the dist-upgrade...
> 
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
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