[sf-lug] apt doc question 1

[jim]

   unfortunately, that section doesn't mention any 
of the text or positions that follow the URI. 

   for example, there's no discussion of 
stable/non-US or stable or main or contrib or non-free.... 




On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 19:18 -0500, Kenneth Dombrowski wrote:
> On 08-11-23 15:44 -0800, jim wrote:
> > 
> > here's the entirety of what the man page offers concerning 
> > line construction within the /etc/apt/sources.list file: 
> > ----------------------------
> > The format of each line is: type uri args The first item, type
> > determines the format for args uri is a Universal Resource Identifier
> > (URI), which is a superset of the more specific and well-known Universal
> > Resource Locator, or URL. The rest of the line can be marked as a
> > comment by using a #.
> > ----------------------------
> 
> I have that too, the good stuff is in the very next section, "THE DEB
> AND DEB-SRC TYPES"
> 
> Here's an online copy:
> http://mirror.atrpms.net/ccrma/man/man5/sources.list.5.html
> 
> but it sounds like you have a better understanding now
> 
> 
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