are apt/sources.list http: and ftp: same?

[Gregory Guthrie <gguthrie@mum.edu>]

I found that with http: lines in my /etc/apt/sources.list I pointed to 
woody, but apt-get would not install known things there. I changed it to 
ftp: and it worked fine.

Should these be the same? If different, is this documented?

Thanks,
Gregory


At 09:41 PM 01/21/2001 -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> I have a few systems that I am trying to setup, and the newest one has an 
> /etc/apt/sources/list of:
>
> (See Below)
>
>
> But, when I ask ti to do "apt-get install tomcat", or ".. 
> libapache-mod-jk" or others, it doesn't find them. They are there in 
> /unstable (woody)/contrib.
>
> Also, I need to get Apache 1.3.14 which is in unstable, but it only sees 
> 1.3.9 in stable.
>
> and apt-get update shows that it looks at unstable:...
>  (see Below)
>
> So..???
>
> Thanks,
> Gregory
>
> -------------------
> /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> beta:/s/new/tomcat# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
> # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
> # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
> #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib 
> non-free
> #deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
>
> # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
> #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US
>
> #
> # start with the (3) CDroms
> #
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r2 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 
> (20001207)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
>
> #
> # let's also get any updates...
> deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib 
> non-free
>
> #  let's get REAL updates...
> deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
>
> # some upgrades? (from Woody)
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free
> beta:/s/new/tomcat#
>
> -------------------
>
> beta:/s/new/tomcat# apt-get update
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org woody/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org woody/main Release
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org woody/contrib Packages
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org woody/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Sources
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org woody/non-free Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://http.us.debian.org woody/non-free Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org stable/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org stable/main Release
> Hit ftp://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
> --------------------------------------------------------

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