Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists
Date	2016-11-08 20:20 +0100
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On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 18:17:05 -0600, David Wright wrote:

> On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 23:24:31 (+0000), Brian wrote:
> > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 14:20:57 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 19:40:00 (+0000), Brian wrote:
> > > > On Mon 07 Nov 2016 at 08:18:17 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 08:25:02PM +0000, davidson@freevolt.org wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, 5 Nov 2016, Brian wrote:
> > > > > > >Wheezy is an unsupported distribution, just like hamm, etch, potato etc.
> > > > > > >Irrespective of whether it was thought to be wonderful in its day it is
> > > > > > >now moribund apart from LTS.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > We seem to have different understandings of what LTS stands for.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Interesting.
> > > > > 
> > > > > At least remember what the "S" stands for (Brian).
> > > > 
> > > > Noted. Also note that support from all those Wheezy users here wasn't
> > > > exactly rampant.
> > > 
> > > What are we to get rampant about? The OP posted a workaround right
> > > there in the OP, and glossed it in a follow-up.
> > > 
> > > Most of the thread appears to have discussed the opinion expressed in
> > > your first paragraph.
> > 
> > Something for people to get their teeth into. From the first post:
> > 
> >  > apt-get changelog libxslt1.1
> >  > Err Changelog for libxslt1.1 (http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt_1.1.26-14.1+deb7u2/changelog)
> >  > 404  Not Found [IP: 5.153.231.3 80]
> > 
> > On my machine:
> > 
> >  brian@desktop:~$ lynx http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/updates/main/
> >                   The requested URL /changelogs/updates/main was not found on this server.
> > 
> > What does the workabout compensate for?
> 
> The 404. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00098.html step 8.

The idea of a workabout getting a file which doesn't exist is an
interesting one. :)

Leaving that aside, what 'apt-get changelog' is doing and why is also
interesting. Commenting out the "security" line could have a different
outcome. (Wheezy or not).

-- 
Brian.


> 
> Cheers,
> David.
>

Thread

apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-11-05 20:10 +0100
  Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-11-05 20:30 +0100
  Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-05 20:40 +0100
    Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2016-11-05 21:00 +0100
      Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-05 21:40 +0100
    Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-11-05 21:30 +0100
      Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-07 14:20 +0100
        Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-07 20:50 +0100
          Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-07 21:30 +0100
            Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 00:30 +0100
              Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 01:20 +0100
                Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-08 20:20 +0100
                Re: apt-get changelog is unsuccessful, but changelog exists davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-11-13 22:30 +0100

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