[clug] wheezy-backports seems a bit busted

[Scott Ferguson]

On 10/04/15 08:57, David C wrote:
> Hello all,
> Has anyone else noticed that http://http.debian.org
> wheezy-backports/main isn't there any more?

Um, that's not the redirector I use:-

deb http://http.debian.*net*/debian wheezy-backports main


I'm not certain that repository redirector was ever there.


> After poking around the Debian website, they still recommend that people
> use that repo, and don't suggest anywhere to report that it is broken.

Are you sure that it's debian.*org* and not debian.*net* that's
recommended for the redirector??

> 
> fyi: an alternate fix is to use http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports/main
> (or http://ftp.au.debian.org wheezy-backports/main).

Always quicker to hard code the repository as you suggest. Though I'd
recommend using the mirror provided by your ISP - it'll be faster, less
load on the official Debian mirrors, and usually doesn't affect your
download quota. iiNet, Optus, Telstra etc all have local mirrors.

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 


See also:-
http://http.debian.net/


Kind regards