Re: How to configure apt to retrieve Packages.bz2?

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

Incoming from Leif W:
> From: "s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>:
> > Incoming from Leif W:
> > >
> > > I'm sorry if this question has been asked or answered before, but I
> >
> > Ignoring all your insults to the apt maintainer,
> 
> Not intended as an insult but as an indicator of the reality of the
> situation.  If the truth is insulting, it's not my problem.  I've done

Continuing with the insults, I see.  You have a monopoly on truth?

> > I'll just tell you what you need to do:
> > 
> >   - edit /etc/apt/sources.list
> >
> > I use stable/woody.  These are what I have in /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> Over 2 years ago I used stable, then I used testing for about a year,
> and have been using unstable for some months now with relative ease.

Marvy.

> > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ woody main contrib non-free
> > deb http://non-us.debian.org/ woody/non-US main contrib non-free
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free
> 
> This is similar to what I already have.  Different sites (which have
> Packages.bz2 files), and no security with unstable.  If I look at the

I think you need to read up on what exactly is unstable.

> file size being downloaded or transferred, it is the Packages.gz file
> size, not the Packages.bz2 file size, which is significantly different.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

> >   - apt-get update
> >
> > That downloads Packages.*
> >
> >   - apt-get upgrade
> >
> > That downloads and installs the software/updates that apt determines
> > you need.
> 
> I initially used this technique but with dist-upgrade, until I
> discovered that apt-get didn't always upgrade some things (maybe it was
> a bug at the time, I never understood the quirk), nor did it show me new
> packages which I might be interested in, such as a front-end like
> aptitude or dselect.

Oh, so you know about aptitude?  Why aren't you using it then?!?  What
was your original question for?!?

> Thank you again for the response.  Although it didn't yield the solution
> I hoped, at least I know someone else doesn't know either.  ;-)

Plonk!


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