Re: Bug#56982: apt: multiple sources for one file always fetches the first one found
On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 debian-bugs@marc-haber.de wrote:
> All three mirrors are available, but the first two are currently de-synced.
> So I added ftp.uni-stuttgart.de which has a current archive but is much
> slower than the first two.
Sounds like it is desync'd too.
> When I use apt-get to install new software, apt pulls the package from ftp.
> rz.uni-karlsruhe.de even if ftp.uni-stuttgart.de does have a newer package.
> I'd like to have apt notice that and ask me which version of the file it
> should install.
Nope, it always pulls the newer package, the problem must be that
stuttgart has an inconstent package file or you are wrong about what is
newer.
You can use 'apt-cache showpkg foo' to see versions and site availablility
for each package.
> That way, one could have maximum performance for packages available on a
> "near" server while only resorting to a server that is more far away when
> that server has a later version.
This is exactly how it works now.
Jason
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