Re: apt -- which method is preferred?

[Jeff <jcoppock1@attbi.com>]

andrej hocevar, 2002-Dec-26 08:49 -0200:
> Hello.
> If there is the same version of a certain package fetchable from
> different sources, which one is preferred? Right now, I don't have
> my CDs here so I would like apt to use only ftp. I have both entries
> in sources.list but apt seems to prefer CDs, no matter what comes
> first in the list. How could I change that without removing the
> cdrom entries?

>From 'man sources.list':

  "The source list is designed to support any number of active sources
   and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line,
   with the most preferred source listed first."

jc

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