Re: Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???

[Mitch Blevins <mblevin@mindspring.com>]

In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> According to Bob Nielsen  <nielsen@primenet.com>:
> > 
> > gnome-apt requires apt ver. 0.3, which does not (yet) support the ftp
> > method.  Your options are to use the http method or to downgrade to an
> > older version of apt.  The http method works very well and the number of
> > sites which support it is increasing.
> Thanks for the hint.
> You are right, substituting ftp by http worked...almost.  There seems
> to be a problem with the non-US part.  Here is what I get to see:
> 
> ~# apt-get update
> [snip]
> Err http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/non-US Release
>   404 Not Found
> [snip]
>
> Why does the http method need the "Release" file?  And why is the one
> for the non-US part missing?  Should I file a bug report?

This error is just an eyesore.  It will not affect the functionality
of apt.  You can safely ignore it.

I don't know what the timeframe is for all sections and mirrors to
have 'Release' files.

-Mitch
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