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Re: apt's sources.list



There are very comprehensive docs in /usr/doc/apt. You need the latest apt
in potato though...

On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 09:29:21AM +0000, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 1999 14:52:04 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:
> >On Thu, 27 May 1999, Brian Boonstra wrote:
> >> (1) Is the required format for such targets defined, exemplified, or  
> >> documented anywhere?
> >
> >man sources.list ? There are several examples at the bottom and the exact
> >line syntax is given in the section title 'The deb type'.
> 
> I have to agree with Brian. The examples given in the man page are
> mostly too obscure to be understood by newbies to apt. The docs should
> really be a little more verbose.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc
> 
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