+ Andreas Tille (Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:59:32 +0200): > Hi, > while building Blends tasks pages I used to parse the packages file > http://ftp.debian.org/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> this does not exist any more and I have to add a directory 'debian' > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz In every mirror, Debian stuff lives under /debian, and AFAIK that’s the way it’s always been. Mirrors normally carry many other stuff than Debian, and of course it wouldn’t make sense to get/ask for /dists and /pool in the top-level directory. For example, Ubuntu lives in /ubuntu, so if a mirror does both Debian and Ubuntu, /debian/dists and /ubuntu/dists can co-exist nicely. HTH, -- - Are you sure we're good? - Always. -- Rory and Lorelai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
