Ryan White wrote: > All the packages search results have ftp:// in front of the href. This is a > problem when going to http.us.
How so? auric!joey(pts/23):~> wget ftp://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel/libmm10_1.0.11-1.deb --16:08:36-- ftp://http.us.debian.org:21/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel/libmm10_1.0.11-1.deb => `libmm10_1.0.11-1.deb' Connecting to http.us.debian.org:21... connected! Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/devel ... done. ==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR libmm10_1.0.11-1.deb ... done. Length: 11,682 (unauthoritative) 0K -> .......... . [100%] 16:08:38 (98.35 KB/s) - `libmm10_1.0.11-1.deb' saved [11682] http.us should be a round robin rotation and I guess the servers also provide ftp. Regards, Joey -- Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth
