Re: What is the difference between `Sid' and `unstable' ?

[Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org>]

Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Ok, forget the capital `S' (I do use `sid' in my data file)
>
> Paul Johnson wrote:
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> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 12:42:23PM +0300, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
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> > > Note that my `/etc/apt/sources.list' data file
> > > reaches both `Sid' and `unstable'.
> > >
> > > So what is the difference between `Sid' and `unstable' ?
> >
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> > Sid doesn't exist, sid and unstable do.  sid and unstable different
> > names for the same thing.
>
>
> I know that,
> how explain the above trouble.

Apt only knows what it is told about distributions/sources through their 
 Release file.  My Release file for unstable/main has:
Archive: unstable
Component: main
Origin: Debian
Label: Debian
Architecture: i386

so those are the only distinguishing factors that I can use to 
differentiate that source.  You can see what all your Release files say 
by looking through the files /var/lib/apt/lists/*Release .

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