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wrong sources.list *solved*

Posted: 22 Jan 2009, 05:02
by JohanSalo
hi.
i cant run apt-get update.

getting the following
# apt-get update wrote: Err http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 212.211.132.32 80]
Ign http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release
Hit http://update.excito.net bubba/main Packages
Hit http://update.excito.net bubba/main Release
Err http://ftp.se.debian.org sarge/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 130.239.18.137 80]
Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org sarge/main Release
Err http://ftp.se.debian.org sarge/non-free Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 130.239.18.137 80]
Ign http://ftp.se.debian.org sarge/non-free Release
Failed to fetch http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/dists/s ... ackages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 130.239.18.137 80]
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/sarge/ ... ackages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 212.211.132.32 80]
Failed to fetch http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/dists/s ... ackages.gz 404 Not Found [IP: 130.239.18.137 80]
Reading Package Lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
sources.list wrote: deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ sarge main
deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main
deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ sarge non-free

deb http://update.excito.net/ bubba main

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong!

Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 02:15
by RonaldJ
same here.
Maybe it's obvious for you linux gurus, but I'm in the dark completely.

Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 02:48
by ian
See here for a (partial) solution: http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?t=1351.

Unfortunately, like RonaldJ (see http://forum.excito.net/viewtopic.php?t=1502) I tried installing NTP, but even using an updated sources.list, I still get errors.

Could someone in the know provide a fully working sources.list, or is the support provided by Debian for sarge simply disappearing?

Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 14:44
by ctoo
My /etc/apt/sources.list is here:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian sarge main
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian sarge main
deb http://update.excito.net/ bubba main

Posted: 26 Jan 2009, 02:46
by JohanSalo
Solved
thanks ctoo,

i am using the same sources.list as you are now.

Posted: 14 Feb 2009, 19:18
by sitting
Hello! I have the same problem, I have tested the normal ones, and also ctoo:s. but that didnt work

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bubba:/home/geekoman# apt-get update
Err http://update.excito.net bubba/main Packages
  Temporary failure resolving 'update.excito.net'
Err http://archive.debian.org sarge/main Packages
  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Err http://update.excito.net bubba/main Release
  Temporary failure resolving 'update.excito.net'
Err http://archive.debian.org sarge/main Release
  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Err http://archive.debian.org sarge/main Sources
  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Err http://archive.debian.org sarge/main Release
  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/binary-arm/Packages.gz  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/binary-arm/Release  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/source/Sources.gz  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Failed to fetch http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/source/Release  Temporary failure resolving 'archive.debian.org'
Failed to fetch http://update.excito.net/dists/bubba/main/binary-arm/Packages.gz  Temporary failure resolving 'update.excito.net'
Failed to fetch http://update.excito.net/dists/bubba/main/binary-arm/Release  Temporary failure resolving 'update.excito.net'
Reading Package Lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://archive.debian.org sarge/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-arm_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
What do to next?

Has Sarge been archived?

Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 03:49
by yooakim
I guess all of these issues are because of the Sarge release is no longer mirrord to all the installation servers.

And then we all need to update our source.list file.

Anyone know how to get the latest security fixes?

http://security.debian.org sareg/updates main

Does not seem to work anymore...

Posted: 14 Mar 2009, 04:34
by 6feet5
I get no errors using
but I don't know if it is the correct one.

/Johan