On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 08:22:14AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 07/20/2014 07:20 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 18 iul 14, 13:32:19, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > >> > >> deb http://http.debian.net/debian stable main contrib non-free(http > >> twice? doesn't look right) > > I think he was referring to the double occurrence of 'http' in the > single URL 'http://http.debian.net/'. > > That's because the first 'http' is the protocol to use to connect, and > the second 'http' is the DNS name of the actual server to connect to - > just as, in the earlier sources.list entries, 'http' is the protocol > used to connect and 'ftp' is the DNS name of the server to connect to, > even though both HTTP and FTP are protocols.
Exactly. That's what I was questioning. After I read the second time, with a little comprehension, the wiki Brian pointed me to it came clear. -- Bob Holtzman A man is a man who will fight with a sword or tackle Mt Everest in snow, but the bravest of all owns a '34 Ford and tries for 6000 in low.
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