Re: algorithm for correct sources.list lines?

[Paul Scott]

David Z Maze wrote:

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;

It's the "most" that sometimes gets me.

you can also
poke around with a Web browser to look for things.
I do that as often as I can but the point is that the relationship 
between the directories I see there and the sources.list line is not 
always obvious.

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

I just tried that one and several variations and they all give 404 
errors.  Could that branch have been down for several days?

Thanks,

Paul

 



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