Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list

From	Udyant Wig <udyantw@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list
Date	2016-01-14 05:20 +0100
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On 01/14/2016 02:08 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Wed 13 Jan 2016 at 12:36:33 -0600, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
>
>> On Wed, January 13, 2016 12:31 pm, Amr Saber wrote:
>>> The problem is that the sources.list file was accidentally deleted
>>> and I can't find any version of it online
>>
>> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
>> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
>
> Why not suggest a mirror which would be suitable for anyone, no matter
> what their location in the world is?
>
> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
> deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib

  I tried the redirector a while ago, but one mirror kept returning 403,
  necessitating reruns of apt(itude).  So, I switched to specific
  mirrors after that.  I haven't revisited using the redirector since
  then.

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Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list rlharris@oplink.net - 2016-01-13 19:40 +0100
  Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-01-13 21:40 +0100
    Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Udyant Wig <udyantw@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 05:20 +0100
      Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 14:30 +0100
  Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-15 02:50 +0100

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