When Brandon Mitchell wrote, I replied: Thanks for the clue, Brandon. It didn't work for me; probably because I don't have the version of apt that you do (I noticed that you're on the unstable, rather than frozen, branch). Now that I've discovered how to edit /etc/apt/source.list, preparing a temporary list for an unstable access of the latest apt package will most probably be a-piece-of-cake. > > 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]
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