Thanks Rob. Now, if all the three current distributions are in the same pool, it must be possible that the same package has three versions co-existing in the same directory, and only Packages.gz from different distribution can tell apt-get which version to pick up?
-tk Rob Weir wrote: >On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 08:46:20PM -0400, Try KDE wrote: > > >>Thanks to Eduardo Pereira Habkost's answer to the previous question - it >>works beautifully. >> >>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 line >deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib >will tell apt to go and get the packages file (which lists info about >each package) from >http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-<arch>/ > >The actual packages are now stored in the `pool'. That means that all >the packages for all three current distributions (woody, sarge and sid) >are in one big blob, in <first bit>/pool/. > >So, in conclusion: >Packages.gz lives in ><first bit>/dists/<distribution>/<section>/binary-<arch>/ >and packages live in ><first bit>/pool/<section>/<you can figure the rest out> > >-rob > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
