On Feb 21, 2007, at 16:32 , Robert Citek wrote: > > Is there any advantage/disadvantage to having repository components in > one line or several lines in a sources.list file? > > As far as I can tell, this single line: > > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe > multiverse > > is equivalent to these: > > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper restricted > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse > > When I use either the single-line or multiple-line version I get the > same result, which I expected from reading the man page. But is there > anything I should watch out for?
The only reason to have them on separate lines is to be able to comment/uncomment them out easily. For example, a new "feature" in 6.10 is that the Ubuntu installer will automatically comment out all the repos (except the CD, of course), if a network interface is not setup at install time. Cheers, M _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
