On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote: > I updated my list of sites for apt to use to get .deb packages > to include ftp.funet.fi in the expectation that I would then > be able to get pgp??*??.deb but, no joy. Did I simply make a > bad site choice, or am I, once again, missing something? > > The line in detail read: > > http://ftp/funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/debian frozen > main contrib binary
My sources.list: # Use for a local mirror - remove the llug http lines for the bits # your mirror contains. # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free # See sources.list(5) for more information # Remember that you can only use http or file URIs deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free #deb http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian frozen main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/ #deb ftp://nonus.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/ #deb ftp://debian.crosslink.net/pub/debian/ frozen main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free Note the / after non-US and the explicit binary-$(ARCH) directory. I think it's all described in the /usr/doc/apt/guide* file. HTH, Brandon --+-- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]