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Re: How to add package sources?



On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 08:22:14AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 07/20/2014 07:20 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> 
> > On Vi, 18 iul 14, 13:32:19, Bob Holtzman wrote:
> 
> >> 
> >> deb http://http.debian.net/debian stable main contrib non-free(http
> >> twice? doesn't look right)
> 
> I think he was referring to the double occurrence of 'http' in the
> single URL 'http://http.debian.net/'.
> 
> That's because the first 'http' is the protocol to use to connect, and
> the second 'http' is the DNS name of the actual server to connect to -
> just as, in the earlier sources.list entries, 'http' is the protocol
> used to connect and 'ftp' is the DNS name of the server to connect to,
> even though both HTTP and FTP are protocols.

Exactly. That's what I was questioning. After I read the second time, 
with a little comprehension, the wiki Brian pointed me to it came clear.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
A man is a man who will fight with a sword
or tackle Mt Everest in snow, but the bravest 
of all owns a '34 Ford and tries for 6000 in low.

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