Re: apt-proxy error
On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Chris Halls <chris.halls@gmx.de> [2002-08-05 09:49:31 +0200]:
> > On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 10:57:11AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > You are wanting non-free. I do not believe Debian apt-proxy will have
> > > a configuration for non-free by default. It's against the DFSG, after
> > > all.
> >
> > apt-proxy is agnostic, actually. non-free is just an archive section,
> > specified in sources.list. Whether you pick a backend that has non-free
> > depends on which backend you use for /debian/. You do not need to set up a
> > seperate backend.
>
> Hmm... I did not save the original config file. But I know that I had
> to add to the default configuration in order for it to work for all of
> my sources. I was pretty sure non-free was one of them. I think
> contrib was the other. I would need to install it fresh upon a clean
> box and see what the default configuration file gives you.
Having just been installing woody, I can say that the install _asks_
whether you want to include non-free and contrib; if you say yes, they're
included.
Patrick
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Patrick Wiseman
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