Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. Is the algorithm for creating lines for sources.list defined > somewhere?
sources.list(5) has most of the information you need; you can also poke around with a Web browser to look for things. > 2. Is this line correct? > > deb > ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian > unstable main non-free > > 3. Is there an http version of this line? Syntactically, it's correct, sure; whether that particular resource happens to exist or not is outside of APT's control. /etc/apt/sources.list on my laptop has deb http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian woody non-free main -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

