At 10:26 PM 01/31/2001 -0600, will trillich wrote:
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:08:56AM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> >as for the server end of the arrangement, they may be the same
> >identical file, or they may be served from servers located in
> >different countries.
>
> -- The original question was not of performance, but functionality. I
> reported that http: lines to the woody were not finding known items, but
> simply changing it to ftp: fixed it. I think this is a bug, unless I am
> missing something.
just like on your web browser: sometimes, changing
http://server.name.here/and/a/path/too
to
ftp://server.name.here/and/a/path/too
works -- but it's most likely to be coincidence
(docroot for ftp is not likely to be the same as
docroot for http, in most cases).
-- Hmm, interesting.
So, when I look at packages.debian.org/stable does this document only the
http: sites, and if so, where (if anywhere) is the description of ftp site
contents?
Seems like it is a natural assumption (IMHO) that these are two different
access methods, to what should appear to the user as identical archives.
Else, this should be documented somewhere!
Thanks,
Gregory
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