Re: Bug#34080: APT install phase breaks on unrecognized distribution names like "hamm"
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Daniel Barclay wrote:
> The installation phase of APT breaks if it doesn't
> recognize the distribution designator. It seems to
> revert to "stable" instead of what was specified.
This is a side effect of how the archive is organized, it is not a bug.
The paths to the .deb files are given explictly in the index file, so no
matter what name you use to refer to the index files their idea of the
archive structure will be used.
Jason
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