Re: ftp site
On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
>
> : On Tue, Dec 16, 1997 at 10:08:28AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> : > Isn't there supposed to be an "unstable" directory (symlinked to hamm)
> : > on the ftp site?
> :
> : In the dists dir, e.g.
> : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable
> :
> : HTH,
> : Ray
>
> Ah, ok. I was thrown off by the existing "stable" link
> (ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/stable) ... that seemed counterintuitive to
> me.
The trick is that the stable link is there for compatibility. However,
the ftp archives have been reorginized slightly and the proper way to
access each distribution is now through the dists/* link.
--
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net> http://www.gate.net/~storm/
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