apt-get problem (solved)

[Reg Clemens]

> Ive used apt-get in the past, but not recently.
> I maintain a local copy of the fedora2 archive, and do a 
>     
>     genbasedir $TOP  os updates
> 
> after each update.
> 
> my /etc/apt/sources.list file has the line
> 
>     rpm ftp://orion apt/fedora2/ updates
> 
> in it, which was the only uncommented line in the past.
> 
> So, Im missing something, as now I get the error message:
> 
>     [reg at orion apt]$ apt-get update
>     Fetching list of repositories/mirrors...
>     /var/state/apt/mirrors.list.new: Permission denied
>     E: Failed to fetch mirror list file:
> 
> What is this trying to tell me?
> 

I hate to answer my own questions, but...
What its trying to tell me it that it is a silly program, and easily
confused.

The above data line in /etc/apt/sources SHOULD read

    rpm ftp://orion apt/fedora2 updates

(sigh).  The extra '/' at the end of the file-spec is what was
causing the error message (and termination)

  
-- 
                                        Reg.Clemens
                                        reg at dwf.com