Bug#382379: apt: sources.list(5) fails to mention deb lines for "simple" repositories

[Mike O'Connor <stew@vireo.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.44.2
Severity: wishlist

the sources.list(5) manpage only lists instructions for setting up deb
lines for "full" repositories (those with dists/[release]/[section][binary-arch]) but doesn't give any instructions for how to create deb lines for somple repositories, such as "deb url location" which is perfectly valid, and is documented in the repository howto.

thanks,

stew


-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.1.1-9  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.1.1-9    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

Versions of packages apt recommends:
pn  debian-archive-keyring        <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information