Re: apt-spy overrides previous sources list
--- Henry Lenzi <henry@exatas.unisinos.br> wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 09:18, Henrique de Moraes
> Holschuh wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, synthespian wrote:
> > > Please help me sort out if this is a feature or
> a bug in the apt-spy
> > > package: when you run it, it'll override your
> previous checklist.
> >
> > That's not good...
> >
> > > Shouldn't apt-spy take not take into
> consideration these? By not
> > > overriding those entries? Is that a bug or a
> feature.
> >
> > IMHO it is a bug, but not a major one, since the
> package proposes to do
> > exactly that. You could file a wishlist bug
> requesting apt-spy to never
> > remove URLs from sources.list, but only add them
> at the beginning of the
> > file (and update those it added, not any others).
> >
>
> When I have some time, I will file that bug
> (probably this weekend).
> But I have question: in the case people decide this
> isn't a Good Thing
> (overriding the whole of the old sources.list),
> shouldn't there be a
> different format for the sources.list, so that it
> could be properly
> parsed (like adding a new tag, or something),
> leaving out the stuff we
> don't want to be thrown away (for instance, I have
> some Common Lisp and
> R stuff).
>
> Regs,
>
> synthespian
But doesn't apt-spy save a copy of your previous
sources.list or is that not the issue here? Sorry if
this has already been addressed but I just got in on
the thread.
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