Re: apt-spy overrides previous sources list
> > On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 09:18, Henrique de Moraes
> > Holschuh wrote:
> > > On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, synthespian wrote:
> > > > Please help me sort out if this is a feature or
> > a bug in the apt-spy
> > > > package: when you run it, it'll override your
> > previous checklist.
> > >
> > > That's not good...
(snip)
> > > IMHO it is a bug, but not a major one, since the
> > package proposes to do
> > > exactly that. You could file a wishlist bug
> > requesting apt-spy to never
> > > remove URLs from sources.list,
(snip)
> >
> > When I have some time, I will file that bug
> > (probably this weekend).
> > But I have question: in the case people decide this
> > isn't a Good Thing
> > (overriding the whole of the old sources.list),
> > shouldn't there be a
> > different format for the sources.list, so that it
> > could be properly
> > parsed (like adding a new tag, or something),
> > leaving out the stuff we
> > don't want to be thrown away (for instance, I have
> > some Common Lisp and
> > R stuff).
> >
> > Regs,
> >
> > synthespian
>
> But doesn't apt-spy save a copy of your previous
> sources.list or is that not the issue here? Sorry if
> this has already been addressed but I just got in on
> the thread.
>
> =====
> rascharles@yahoo.com
>
Rascharles ---
Well, not really, because you have to keep pasting the old stuff in the
new sources.list generated by apt-spy. So it is a nuisance if you have
different stuff (like CMUCL, sources for things, or R, for example).
synthespian
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