[Bug 837943] Re: apt does not understand Debian repositories

[Julian Andres Klode]

Well, if you don't run apt-get update, there isn't any index on your
computer, so how should APT know what you want?

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Title:
  apt does not understand Debian repositories

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Package from Debian repositories cannot be downloaded by apt.

  Maybe you want the exact repositories if Debian is not clear enough:

  deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy main restricted non-free
  deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security wheezy/updates main restricted non-free
  deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main restricted non-free
  deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main restricted non-free

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: apt 0.8.13.2ubuntu4.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic 3.0.1
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 31 11:16:40 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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