package apt
forcemerge 338889 513730
retitle 513730 fetches packages from an HTTP source rather than more preferred 
file source
thanks

Filipus Klutiero wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.7.20
> Severity: normal
> 
> I added a local package repository to my sources using the file method. I put 
> the source first so that packages that can be found in the local repository 
> would be fetched from there rather than from my mirror, but unfortunately the 
> mirror is preferred, for some reason. This makes it inconvenient to use a 
> partial local repository (in this case, the KDE CD 1 ISO).
Hello Filipus, thanks for your report. However, this bug (feature?) had been 
already
reported in as #338889, see its bug thread [1] for the explain of apt's 
behavior.

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/338889

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