RE: Packages on ftp disappearing?
On 07-Feb-2001 Sebastiaan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> last weekend, I was able to download pptp source from woody. Today I
> discovered that it does not longer exists there
> (dists/woody/main/source/net).
>
> The only place where I could find it was in the 'pool' directory on
> ftp.debian.org.
>
> Why does this happen? Is this package upgrading or something? How can I
> link things in a document when packages disappear?
>
all packages post-potato live in pools. The old directory structure exists
solely becuase long standing debian practice and software requires it. To find
a package:
a) look in the Packages.gz for the full path
or
b) go to pools/.... and look alphabetically.
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