"Neil Woods" <cnw+usenet@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:87r7et27o5.fsf@phun.phasmic.org...
> >>>>> Brett writes:
>
> > "bastian eendt" <unbastian320@melvex.xs4all.nl> wrote in message
> > news:42b9e0e5$0$31316$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
> >> Brett wrote:
> >> > Here's what I get when i run apt-get update:
> >> >
> >> > penguin:~# apt-get update
> >> > Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
> >> > Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release
> >> > Err http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages
> >> > 404 Not Found
> >> > Ign http://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release
> >> > Hit ftp://ftp.wa.au.debian.org testing/main Packages
> >> ...........
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hit ftp://ftp.wa.au.debian.org testing/main Release
> >>
> >> > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main
> >> >
> >> > deb ftp://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ testing main
> >> > deb-src ftp://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ testing main
> >> >
> >> > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
> >> >
> >> > Updates used to work, but all of a sudden they have stopped!
> >> >
> >> > Brett.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Have you tried apt-get update again at a later time?
> >> I get this occasionally myself. I think this is server downtime or
> >> maintenance. It never lasted longer than a few hours.
> >>
> >> Your system isn't broken by the way. You can upgrade if you like, or
> >> wait for a succesful update.
> >>
> >> (of course there's always that little chance security.debian.org is
> >> being compromised :-)
> >>
> >> -- Bastian
>
>
> > i've been getting the 404 errors for the past week. The other errors:
>
> > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://non-us.debian.org
> > testing/non-US/main Packages
> >
(/var/lib/apt/lists/non-us.debian.org_debian-non-US_dists_testing_non-US_mai
> > n_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
>
> > are only recent.
>
> > Re-running apt-get update doesn't fix the problem
>
> > Brett.
>
> The non-US component has been removed from the Debian archive. You
> should remove the reference to it in your sources.list and run apt-get
> update again.
>
> --
> Neil