Re: update messages
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:37:01PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> > So what puzzles me is why it is no longer in 'non-free', and if
> > it was removed because of some objection to the licensing terms,
> > surely there should be something documenting this??
>
> Are you quite sure it was in the official Debian archives? I can only
> find it in the non-free section on debian-unofficial.org, and the
> package name seems to match.
> http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/pool/non-free/x/xv/
>
> I also found this old bug from 2001, dealing with removing xv from the
> archive as distribution of modified binaries is prohibited.
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=98215
If so then I forgot to make a note of it, but I suppose in all the
excitement of the initial install that is possible.
Is there any way to check the origin of an deb archive in my
/var/cache/apt/archives?
Regards,
DigbyT
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