Bug#40366: apt: apt-get has problems with local uri's

[<srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.9
Severity: normal

Hi,

	The following worked until 0.3.7. As far as I can see, the error
 is spurious.

	manoj

Err file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/main Packages
  Invalid URI, local URIS must not start with //
Ign file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/main Release
Err file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/contrib Packages
  Invalid URI, local URIS must not start with //
Ign file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/contrib Release
Err file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-free Packages
  Invalid URI, local URIS must not start with //
Ign file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-free Release
Err file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-US/main Packages
  Invalid URI, local URIS must not start with //
Ign file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-US/main Release
Err file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
  Invalid URI, local URIS must not start with //
Ign file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Err file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
  Invalid URI, local URIS must not start with //
Ign file:/var/spool/mirror/ unstable/non-US/non-free Release

====================/etc/apt/sources.list===================================
deb file:/var/spool/mirror unstable main contrib non-free
deb file:/var/spool/mirror unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free
====================================================================
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux glaurung 2.2.10 #2 Tue Jun 15 12:19:32 CDT 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.1-12       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii  libstdc++2.9-gl 2.91.66-2      The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)