Re: Changed sources list for viewing

[rnich@nyip.net]

Sarah,

It strikes me that you probably don't need so many lines for identical
"testing" archives.  I don't think you'll need the potato lines any more
either (though _maybe_ there are some instances where this will ease the
transition).  The KDE archive you list is quite dated; the KDE packages in
testing should be fine.

Debian has a nifty little utility called netselect-apt that will actually
find the archive that will give you the fastest download.  You'll need to
install it first ('apt-get install netselect') and then run it:

	netselect-apt testing

This will create a new sources.list for for woody/testing you in the current
directory.  Here's what I got from my machine, which is parked in Maine:

# the main Debian packages.  Uncomment the deb-src line if you
# want 'apt-get source' to work with most packages.
deb http://debian.oit.umass.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://debian.oit.umass.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

# the non-US Debian packages.  Uncomment the deb-src line if you
# want 'apt-get source' to work with non-US packages.
deb http://debian.oit.umass.edu/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib
non-free
# deb-src http://debian.oit.umass.edu/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main
contrib non-free

I recommend doing this as regular user from within your home directory.  If
you're happy with it, add the libranet and security lines, and then copy it
over to /etc/apt/sources.list as root.

Hope this proves useful...

--Rob


On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 11:25:28PM -0600, Sarah Hay wrote:
> Here is the sources.list that I have altered to upgrade to woody. Could 
> someone paruse it and tell me if i am good to go. You will note that I also 
> added sources.
> 
> # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits
> # your mirror contains.
> # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free
> # See sources.list(5) for more information, especial
> # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
> 
> #Libranet
> deb https://libranetlinux.com updates/
> 
> #Debian
> deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
> #deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
> deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> 
> #Debian Non-US
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/ potato/non-US main contrib non-free
> #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/ potato/non-US main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/ woody/non-US main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/ woody/non-US main contrib non-free
> deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib 
> non-free
> deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib 
> non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib 
> non-free
> 
> #Debian security updates
> deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security potato/updates main contrib 
> non-free
> #deb-src ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security potato/updates main 
> contrib non-free
> 
> #KDE
> deb ftp://kde.tdyc.com/debian potato main crypto optional qt1apps
> #deb-src ftp://kde.tdyc.com/debian potato main crypto optional qt1apps
> 
> #helixcode
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ______
> 
> I would welcome any comment and suggestions. Also, is there a woody security 
> source? I couldn't find one and replacing potato with woody or testing failed 
> to pass the apt-get update command.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sarah
> 
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