Changing http://www.ubuntuguide.org/sample/sources.list_extrarepositories [Was: Re: repositories]

[Magnus Therning]

On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 03:27:41PM -0700, Ed Fletcher wrote:
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>Owen Marshall wrote:
>| Hello,
>|
>| I seem to be having trouble reaching several of the ubuntu
>| repositories.  My sources file at /etc/apt/sources.list looks exactly
>| like the one at
>| http://www.ubuntuguide.org/sample/sources.list_extrarepositories since
>| that is the place from which I copied it.  Could there be a problem with
>| any of the sites or is it more a problem on my end?  How would I check
>that?
>|
>| sincerely,
>|
>| Owen Marshall
>|
>Owen:
>
>You don't say which repository you're having difficulty reaching.
>However, I suspect it's the Hoary Backports as that's where most of the
>problems seem to crop up.  Check the backports page:
>http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/  and change to a different mirror in
>/etc/apt/sources.list

Who owns the original page with the example?
I'd suggest it be changed to use a backports repo that works.

/M

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