Re: APT HOWTO, sources.list man page.
http://www.aboutdebian.com/dns.htm
states:
"During the Debian installation you are asked to supply a domain
name. This is an internal (private) domain name which is not visible
to the outside world so, like the private IP address ranges you use on
a LAN, it doesn't have to be registered with anyone."
It would be REALLY helpful if this were mentioned during the installation.
--
73,
Ged.
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, G.W. Haywood wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> ==============================================================================
>
> In
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html#s-dpkg-scanpackages
>
> section 2.2 states
>
> "... To use the packages, finally, add:
>
> deb file:/root debs/
>
> After that just use the APT commands as usual."
>
> but it doesn't say where this is to be added.
>
> I suggest:
>
> "... To use the packages, finally, at the top of your sources.list
> file add the line:
>
> deb file:/root debs/
>
> After that just use the APT commands as usual."
>
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>
> man sources.list
>
> states
>
> "URI SPECIFICATION
> The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, and ftp."
>
> but the HOWTO
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html#s-sources.list
>
> states
>
> "The /etc/apt/sources.list file can contain several types of
> lines. APT knows how to deal with archives of types http, ftp, file
> (local files, e.g., a directory containing a mounted ISO9660
> filesystem) and ssh, that I know of."
>
> Which is correct?
>
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>
> --
>
> 73,
> Ged.
>
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