Bug#69382: apt: Additional observation to bug #37525 - handling of Packages file

[<idalton@ferret.phonewave.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: wishlist

While converting a local file: uri cache to an http: uri cache, I
discovered that apt would not read a plain Packages file over http: the
way it would over file:.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux heathen 2.2.17-usb-trelos #1 Fri Aug 4 21:11:48 PDT 2000 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.3-10       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-13      The GNU stdc++ library