I may be misunderstanding the question, but running `sudo apt-file update' on 8.04 now, there's an additional 404 for archive.canonical.com.
$ sudo apt-file update Can't get http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dists/hardy/Contents-i386.gz (404) Can't get http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dists/hardy-updates/Contents-i386.gz (404) Can't get http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dists/hardy-security/Contents-i386.gz (404) Can't get http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dists/hardy-proposed/Contents-i386.gz (404) Can't get http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Contents-i386.gz (404) $
I may be misunderstanding the question, but running `sudo apt-file update' on 8.04 now, there's an additional 404 for archive. canonical. com.
$ sudo apt-file update ddebs.ubuntu. com/dists/ hardy/Contents- i386.gz (404) ddebs.ubuntu. com/dists/ hardy-updates/ Contents- i386.gz (404) ddebs.ubuntu. com/dists/ hardy-security/ Contents- i386.gz (404) ddebs.ubuntu. com/dists/ hardy-proposed/ Contents- i386.gz (404) archive. canonical. com/ubuntu/ dists/hardy/ Contents- i386.gz (404)
Can't get http://
Can't get http://
Can't get http://
Can't get http://
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