On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 01:57:00 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 08:46:20PM -0400, Try KDE wrote: > > Here is a harder question (in my opinion, anyway): given a http/ftp > > line in sources.list, what's apt's algorithm for retrieve the list > > of packages. For example, deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ > > testing main non-free > > contrib > > > > will produce such an output from apt-get: > > Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages [2036kB] > > > > So exactly what uri was constructed out of it? My browser says > > http://http.us.debian.org/testing/main doesn't exist. By the way, > > apt-get's manpage is very unclear in this aspects. > > The sources.list(5) man page is better, but still doesn't go into > enough detail. The actual URL constructed is: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/Packages.gz > > The dists/ is implicit when the distribution, "testing" in your case, > doesn't end with a slash. The Packages versus Packages.gz thing is my > recollection, and *is* confusing when you're trying to set up a local > archive and forget to gzip the Packages file (see bug #65839). > And it gets even more interesting when you are actually working with installing packages. The URI becomes: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/[main|contrib|non-free]/[1st-letter-of-package-name]/[package-name]/[package-name_version-debianrelease_arch.deb] Example: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/3/3dchess/3dchess_0.8.1-9_i386.deb Yes, the wrapping on those two lines will suck. G -- gvl2 (Gerald) AirBall the Rolling Basket Case (1969 Standard Beetle) LifeSaver (1974 Bay Window Bus) http://www.phorce1.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
