On Monday 23 October 2017 at 00:39:29, Fungi4All wrote:

> go to devuan''s front page and run a text search for onion
> it is right there

You mean accessing the Devuan repositories via the Tor network?

That's a network routing question, not a repository question.


Antony.

> > From: Antony Stone
> > To: Devuan
> > 
> > On Sunday 22 October 2017 at 23:28:51, Fungal-net wrote:
> >> I am still unclear on what the onion repositories are
> >> 
> >> Me too - what are you referrring to?
> >> 
> >> and what our choice is at this stage. Are we on amprolla3?
> >> 
> >> Well, according to what I've seen on the list so far, if you have
> >> "auto.mirror.devuan.org" in your sources.list, then you're on the old
> >> amprolla; if you have "pkgmaster.devuan.org", then you're on the new
> >> amprolla3.
> >> 
> >> Are debian's non onion addressed used automatically during upgrade
> >> 
> >> I still don't quite understand what "onion" means here.
> >> 
> >> or is it an illusion to see http://debian .... through while the update
> >> takes place?
> >> 
> >> Plenty (in fact most) of Devuan's packages are just plain Debian
> >> packages, redirected to the Devuan repository.
> >> 
> >> Basically, anything which does not depend on systemd is a plain Debian
> >> package, and you end up getting it from a Debian repository. Anything
> >> which does (did?) depend on systemd is served (as a package without the
> >> systemd dependencies etc) from the Devuan repository.
> >> 
> >> I hope that helps (and I hope I find out what "onion" means here),
> >> 
> >> Antony.

-- 
Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> > Top-posting.
> > > What is the most annoying way of replying to e-mail?

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