Could not determine the upgrade

[R Kimber]

On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:15:29 +0100
Alan Pope wrote:

> > deb http://ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
> > deb-src http://ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
> >  
> 
> Never heard of retrosnub.

It was the one automatically chosen when I did a search for the fastest
server.

> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors
> 
> Says they're 6 hours behind right now. Perhaps when you first tried
> the upgrade they were further behind, and thus inconsistent. So
> probably just a transient error and as first suspected, leaving it for
> a day or so will probably work out okay.
> 
> Alternatively if you're in a hurry, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list
> and use the german mirror (which is at the time of writing a very fast
> one).
> 
> http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ in place of http://ubuntu.retrosnub.co.uk
> 
> But you'll lose the advantages that the retrosnub mirror gives you
> which I guess means you'll eat more of your download bandwidth
> allocation this month.

That's not a problem, but I will wait perhaps 'till Sunday before trying
again. I guess I assumed that the mirrors were OK when the launch was
announced.

Thanks for your help.

- Richard.
-- 
Richard Kimber
Political Science Resources
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