On 12/3/25 6:16 AM, David L. Craig via Dng wrote:
> I get a nastygram dialog out of Synaptic when attempting
> a Reload:
>
>> Could not download all repository indexes
>>
>> The repository may no longer be available or could not
>> be contacted because of network problems. If available an
>> older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise
>> the repository will be ignored. Check your network
>> connection and ensure the repository address in the
>> preferences is correct.
>>
>> Repositories should provide a clear-signed InRelease file,
>> but none found at
>> http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/excalibur_security/InRelease.
>> The repository 'http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur_security
>> Release' does not have a Release file.
> Except the InRelease file clearly exists. I didn't find anything
> that indicates this is a known problem, so I'm wondering how my
> installation is incurring this and how to resolve it.
>
> My /etc/apt/sources.list contains:
> # Package repositories
>
> # Also use deb files in /root/devuan via apt, not synaptic
>
> debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ excalibur main non-free-firmware
> deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ excalibur main non-free-firmware
> debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ excalibur_security main non-free-firmware
> deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ excalibur_security main non-free-firmware
> debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ excalibur-updates main non-free-firmware
> deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ excalibur-updates main non-free-firmware
>
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus non-free-firmware main
> # deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus main non-free-firmware
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus_security main non-free-firmware
> # deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus_security non-free-firmware main
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus-updates main non-free-firmware
> # deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus-updates main non-free-firmware
>
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus main non-free-firmware
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus-updates main non-free-firmware
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus_security non-free-firmware main
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus-proposed-updates main non-free-firmware
> # debhttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus-backports main non-free-firmware
>
> # Source repositories
> # deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus main non-free-firmware
> # deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus-updates main non-free-firmware
> # deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus_security non-free-firmware main
> # deb-srchttp://deb.devuan.org/merged/ daedalus-backports main non-free-firmware
>
The problem is that excalibur_security does not exists but
excalibur-security does.