Re: Bug#291555: omitting slash causes strange mish-mash
Jason Spiro:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/ (note: there's a slash at the end of that
URL) takes me to the list of packages in stable.
http://packages.debian.org/stable (without a slash) takes me to a Can't find
package "stable" page.
Well, they are two very different URLs, so one would assume that they would
point to different places. The problem is that most people seem to assume
that you can omit the final slash just because most servers usually allow
for it.
I have, however, just printed out 20 pages of installfest handouts with
the slash missing. If I do not correct them, 20 newbies will get
unexpected results and perhaps give up on apt-get.
I would say that since you spotted your mistake before handing them out, you
have time to fix them (either add a slash by hand, or edit and re-print).
Shouldn't be a problem.
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Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/
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