On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:49:19AM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote: > > All the packages search results have ftp:// in front of the href. This is a > > problem when going to http.us. > > I don't see the problem. Just tried the URL below and it works. I > downloaded the file using the http.us.debian.org link. As long as all > the http.us sites (it uses a dns round robin) are up to date, there > should be no problem. > > > http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/download.pl?file=dists%2Fpotato%2Fmain%2F > > binary-i386%2Fdevel%2Flibmm10_1.0.11-1.deb&md5sum=c3 > > > > It has been this way for about 3 months now. I kept hoping that someone > > would fix it. It would REALLY appreciate it if you can fix this so I can > > paste the http address for wget! > > > Once we understand what the problem is, it will be fixed.
Please see if anyone else replied to mails... two people did :) > As an aside, do any of the other web people mind if I switch the links > to use http? Nope, it'd probably make stuff easier for people. I'd have done it myself sooner, but... > Only two of the sites would need to be removed in this > case: ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu and ftpfreesoftware.com. ...some mirrors would have to be removed, and some paths adjusted, probably. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
