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Re: Using netselect, a list of mirrors



Paul E Condon <pecondon@quiknet.com> writes:

> I am interested in using netselect to find the mirror site to use for
> the most socially responsible downloading of debian packages. The
> lists of mirrors that I have found are cluttered with html formatting
> tags that make them neat to read in a browser, but unsuitable for
> input to netselect. Is there a text file that is useable as netselect
> input somewhere on the internet, or is there a script that strips the
> html file down to its text essentials? Where?

Use netselect-apt, as in "netselect-apt stable", which will produce a
sources.list file in your current directory.

-- 
Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>



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