Bug#45692: problem with specifying the dist "/"

[Joel Rosdahl <joel@debian.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.13

When using a sources.list entry like

  deb http://somewhere.org/foo /

i.e. with a single / as the distribution part, "apt-get update" gives
the following error:

> root@fluff-[~]# apt-get update
> E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/Packages.gz could not be found.
> E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/Release could not be found.

Rewriting the entry as

  deb http://somewhere.org foo/

fixes the problem.  I don't know if distribution "/" should be allowed
or not (it worked in earlier versions of apt-get, though), but the
error message is somewhat confusing.  :-)

        Thanks,
        Joel

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