Re: are apt/sources.list http: and ftp: same?

[Gregory Guthrie <gguthrie@mum.edu>]

At 10:26 PM 01/31/2001 -0600, will trillich wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:08:56AM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> > >as for the server end of the arrangement, they may be the same
> > >identical file, or they may be served from servers located in
> > >different countries.
> >
> > -- The original question was not of performance, but functionality. I
> > reported that http: lines to the woody were not finding known items, but
> > simply changing it to ftp: fixed it. I think this is a bug, unless I am
> > missing something.
>
> just like on your web browser: sometimes, changing
>         http://server.name.here/and/a/path/too
> to
>         ftp://server.name.here/and/a/path/too
> works -- but it's most likely to be coincidence
> (docroot for ftp is not likely to be the same as
> docroot for http, in most cases).

-- Hmm, interesting.

So, when I look at packages.debian.org/stable does this document only the 
http: sites, and if so, where (if anywhere) is the description of ftp site 
contents?

Seems like it is a natural assumption (IMHO) that these are two different 
access methods, to what should appear to the user as identical archives. 
Else, this should be documented somewhere!

Thanks,
Gregory


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