Package: apt Version: 0.8.6 Severity: important
The sources.list(5) man page does not document how a deb or deb-src line is expanded into a full URL by apt. Also is should mention how it interacts with Packages file content so that given a repository a user can construct a correct sources.list line for it. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Cache-Limit "67108864"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "/var/lib/apt/extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=lenny Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=squeeze Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 200 Package: * Pin: release a=etch Pin-Priority: 105 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian lenny main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian lenny main contrib non-free deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free #deb-src http://www.backports.org/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-security squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-security squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-multimedia sid main non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-multimedia sid main non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-multimedia squeeze main non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-multimedia squeeze main non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-multimedia lenny main non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-multimedia lenny main non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian squeeze main contrib non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.sh.cvut.cz/debian experimental main contrib #deb http://www.lamaresh.net/apt lenny main #deb-src http://www.lamaresh.net/apt lenny main #deb http://www.lamaresh.net/apt squeeze main #deb-src http://www.lamaresh.net/apt squeeze main #deb http://www.lamaresh.net/apt sid main #deb-src http://www.lamaresh.net/apt sid main deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu lucid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu lucid main deb http://mozilla.debian.net/packages/ ./ deb-src http://mozilla.debian.net/packages/ ./ -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (700, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc6-r600fence-smbinit-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28~lenny1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii gnupg 1.4.9-3+lenny1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-2 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc 0.8.6 Documentation for APT ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.1 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-1+lenny1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.5 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in pn python-apt <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org