Re: Package Pool Proposal
On 23 Nov 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> I'm getting into this discussion late, so maybe I don't
> understand the proposal, but won't we always be able to refer to
> packages by their location in a distribution? I think that
> having to look in the package pool directories directly under
> that system would be pretty rare, right?
No.. Under the new system there will be exactly *1* path to get to a .deb
on the ftp site (currently we have at most 6 or so). If you want to use
'ftp' and download a .deb you need to be able to determine this single
path to use.
Two ways are to look in the Package file (apt-cache show foo) or to
actively search for it on the ftp site.
Jason
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