Re: How to configure apt to retrieve Packages.bz2?

From: s. keeling (keeling_at_spots.ab.ca)
Date: 10/18/04

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    Incoming from Leif W:
    > From: "s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>:
    > > Incoming from Leif W:
    > > >
    > > > I'm sorry if this question has been asked or answered before, but I
    > >
    > > Ignoring all your insults to the apt maintainer,
    >
    > Not intended as an insult but as an indicator of the reality of the
    > situation. If the truth is insulting, it's not my problem. I've done

    Continuing with the insults, I see. You have a monopoly on truth?

    > > I'll just tell you what you need to do:
    > >
    > > - edit /etc/apt/sources.list
    > >
    > > I use stable/woody. These are what I have in /etc/apt/sources.list:
    >
    > Over 2 years ago I used stable, then I used testing for about a year,
    > and have been using unstable for some months now with relative ease.

    Marvy.

    > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ woody main contrib non-free
    > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/ woody/non-US main contrib non-free
    > > deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free
    >
    > This is similar to what I already have. Different sites (which have
    > Packages.bz2 files), and no security with unstable. If I look at the

    I think you need to read up on what exactly is unstable.

    > file size being downloaded or transferred, it is the Packages.gz file
    > size, not the Packages.bz2 file size, which is significantly different.

    I have no idea what you're talking about.

    > > - apt-get update
    > >
    > > That downloads Packages.*
    > >
    > > - apt-get upgrade
    > >
    > > That downloads and installs the software/updates that apt determines
    > > you need.
    >
    > I initially used this technique but with dist-upgrade, until I
    > discovered that apt-get didn't always upgrade some things (maybe it was
    > a bug at the time, I never understood the quirk), nor did it show me new
    > packages which I might be interested in, such as a front-end like
    > aptitude or dselect.

    Oh, so you know about aptitude? Why aren't you using it then?!? What
    was your original question for?!?

    > Thank you again for the response. Although it didn't yield the solution
    > I hoped, at least I know someone else doesn't know either. ;-)

    Plonk! 

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