From: Magicloud on
>On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 14:01 +0800, Magicloud wrote:
>> I don't think so. Obviously, if the network is broken, it absolutely
>> does not mean that there is NO packages, just aptitude can not know.

>That's by far the most round logic I've heard tonight. If it can't reach
the repository to know about the packages, how in the world do you expect
aptitude to know about the packages?

No, no. If you do not know how to deal with it, keep it.
If aptitude could not separate "can not connect" with "get a list with
nothing in"..., I was stunned again....



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From: Paul Johnson on
On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 14:33 +0800, Magicloud wrote:
> >On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 14:01 +0800, Magicloud wrote:
> >> I don't think so. Obviously, if the network is broken, it absolutely
> >> does not mean that there is NO packages, just aptitude can not know.
>
> >That's by far the most round logic I've heard tonight. If it can't reach
> the repository to know about the packages, how in the world do you expect
> aptitude to know about the packages?
>
> No, no. If you do not know how to deal with it, keep it.
> If aptitude could not separate "can not connect" with "get a list with
> nothing in"..., I was stunned again....

If it can't connect, the source isn't valid anyway for the time being.
Think twice before using clean or autoclean next time: Don't reap
unless you know your repositories are working.

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