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Re: apt line for experimental



On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 14:46, Marc Haber wrote:
> Can anybody please point me to a web page where we document an apt
> line for experimental? I managed to build a line that allows access to
> the Packages.gz, but doesn't allow any downloads:
> |deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/main/binary-i386 /
> |http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/project/experimental/main/binary-i386/pool/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.14-0.1_all.deb  404 Not Found
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Or is it a feature that experimental is not aptable?
> 
> Greetings
> Marc

Hiya --

The following seems to work for me at my Linux mirrors (some (I cannot
imagine why) may not like the "..").  Use a normal apt line, but change
"(unstable|testing|stable)" with "../project/experimental"; that is, 

deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main

HTH,
Algis R.

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         Algis Rudys        Rice University
     arudys@rice.edu        Computer Science
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