error message when trying to go on icedove esr-channel

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 07:14:17PM +0200, Maja-O. Lenz wrote:
> Am 02.04.2012 08:22, schrieb Mike Hommey:
> > On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 08:51:02PM +0200, Maja-O. Lenz wrote:
> >> Hi Mozilla team,
> >>
> >> I am using icedove 3.1.16 and wanted to change to esr-channel following
> >> the guide on http://mozilla.debian.net/ for testing (Wheezy).
> >> But
> >> deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ able icedove-esr
> >> adding to my sources.list only resulted in the following error message:
> >>
> >> W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von
> >> http://mozilla.debian.net/dists/able/icedove-esr/binary-amd64/Packages
> >> 404  Not Found
> >>
> >> E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old
> >> ones used instead.
> >>
> >> What do I have to do?
> > 
> > Refresh, the page had a bug.
> 
> Okay, but adding the new line
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main
> to my sources.list aptitude wants to upgrade many other programs, too. I
> just want to use the unstable-channel for icedove. How can I prevent this?

Search about apt pinning. Otherwise, wait for a few days, icedove esr
will transition to testing.

Mike