Re: apt's sources.list

[Brian Boonstra <boonstb@cmg.FCNBD.COM>]

Hi All

Jason wrote:
> man sources.list ? There are several examples at the bottom and the exact
> line syntax is given in the section title 'The deb type'.


	Yeah, it's the only available resource, but it's really too obscure  
to be useful unless you already know the answer!  Take it from somebody who  
tried.

	I think part of the problem is that there's no clear explanation of  
when apt wants to look for a dists/ directory, etc, and when not, and what to  
do in the latter case.  Take the 2nd-to-last example from the manpage:

	deb  ftp://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US   unstable/binary-i386/

versus Ben's eventual solution to Kent's problem

	deb  
ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.1.1/distribution/deb/binary-i386 /


it's really unclear how you get from the first to the second.  What's the  
criterion for splitting it that way?  Why can't apt just deal with 2 fields?


		Best Regards,

			Brian