Re: algorithm for correct sources.list lines?

[David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org>]

Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com> writes:

> 1. Is the algorithm for creating lines for sources.list defined
>    somewhere?

sources.list(5) has most of the information you need; you can also
poke around with a Web browser to look for things.

> 2. Is this line correct?
>
> deb
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian
> unstable main non-free
>
> 3. Is there an http version of this line?

Syntactically, it's correct, sure; whether that particular resource
happens to exist or not is outside of APT's control.
/etc/apt/sources.list on my laptop has

deb http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian woody non-free main

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