Re: packages search results.

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.infodrom.north.de>]

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

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