I am getting errors about missing repository file on my 32-bit
bullseye installation on an old[ish] Raspberry Pi system.

So, when I run 'apt update' I see:-

root@odinpi# apt update
Hit:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit:2 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian bullseye InRelease
Ign:3 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian main InRelease
Err:4 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian main Release
404 Not Found [IP: 93.93.128.193 80]
Get:5 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

E: The repository 'http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian main Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

So, how do I get my /etc/apt/sources.list configured right? I've not
manually edited it as far as I remember.

The file /etc/apt/sources.list is currently:-

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi
# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi
deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ main contrib non-free rpi

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On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:09:44 +0000, Chris Green wrote:

Ign:3 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian main InRelease
E: The repository 'http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian main Release' does not have a Release file.

I think that first word after the repo URL is supposed to be the name
of the release. If you look in the repo <http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/dists/>, you will see there
is no subdirectory named “main”.

<https://manpages.debian.org/5/sources.list.5.en.html>

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On 29/11/2024 21:59, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:09:44 +0000, Chris Green wrote:

Ign:3 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian main InRelease
E: The repository 'http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian main Release' does not have a Release file.

I think that first word after the repo URL is supposed to be the name
of the release. If you look in the repo <http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/dists/>, you will see there
is no subdirectory named “main”.

<https://manpages.debian.org/5/sources.list.5.en.html>

Fool troll. Raspian hasn't been a thing for years.

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Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> writes:

So, how do I get my /etc/apt/sources.list configured right? I've not manually edited it as far as I remember.

The file /etc/apt/sources.list is currently:-

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

You might need to add the ‘firmware’ component to this one. I can’t remember exactly what is needed for bullseye but there’s a firmware
component there on the website.

# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ main contrib non-free rpi

This one is broken; it’s missing the distribution name. However it’s
also redundant since it doesn’t add any components relative to the
first.

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Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> writes:

So, how do I get my /etc/apt/sources.list configured right? I've not manually edited it as far as I remember.

The file /etc/apt/sources.list is currently:-

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

You might need to add the ‘firmware’ component to this one. I can’t remember exactly what is needed for bullseye but there’s a firmware component there on the website.

OK.

# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ main contrib non-free rpi

This one is broken; it’s missing the distribution name. However it’s also redundant since it doesn’t add any components relative to the
first.

Yes, I realised this when I stared at it a bit harder. I don't know
how it got in there.

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On 30/11/2024 20:06, Chris Green wrote:

Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> writes:

So, how do I get my /etc/apt/sources.list configured right? I've not
manually edited it as far as I remember.

The file /etc/apt/sources.list is currently:-

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

You might need to add the ‘firmware’ component to this one. I can’t
remember exactly what is needed for bullseye but there’s a firmware
component there on the website.

OK.

# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ main contrib non-free rpi

This one is broken; it’s missing the distribution name. However it’s
also redundant since it doesn’t add any components relative to the
first.

Yes, I realised this when I stared at it a bit harder. I don't know
how it got in there.

If its any help this is an up to date bullseye file

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main
contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
# Uncomment deb-src lines below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
#deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main
contrib non-free non-free-firmware
#deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib
non-free non-free-firmware

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