Re: need help adding entry to sources.list

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 18-Jul-99 John Foster wrote:
> 
># Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits
># your mirror contains.
># deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free
># See sources.list(5) for more information, especial
># Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian dists/slink-proposed-updates/
> deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome.old/gnome-stage-slink
> slink main

I believe I have figured out a general rule, from what information people sent.
I do notice that you have both stable and unstable sources in the same file
and I wonder how the system does not downgrade some of your packages.

thanks

--
Andrew