In article <200602141543.39439.bmike101 at cox.net> you write: > So it looks as if my understanding of it is skewed. How do I fix it? I tried > 'man update' and 'man apt-get' but that didn't help any. I haven't seen any problems with the debian mirror I use (http.us.debian.org). apt-get update and apt-get upgrade work fine. -Dale