On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:08:18PM -0600, will trillich wrote:
>
> try
> apt-setup
> or if you don't have that,
> apt-get install base-config
> which provides it. it lets you select, first of all,
> which method (http/ftp) to use.
>
> my sources.list resembles this:
>
> deb http://security.debian.org potato/updates main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.digex.net/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> # deb-src http://ftp.digex.net/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib
> non-free
Thanks for the info.
> apparently ftp was designed for nosing around, checking out
> directory listings, downloading a file, maybe another, moving on
> to another directory... whereas http was designed for "here's
> that file you asked for" thus making http quicker,
> protocol-wise.
It's just that a while ago I had heard the opposite, that http was for
looking around and so slower. Maybe things have changed.
Thanks again, this is a big help.
Jonathan
>
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