From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.iinet.net.au (i003-035.nv.iinet.net.au [203.59.3.35]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id F2DAA482A for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 04:46:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from andrew@localhost) by guinness.internal.neep.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) id SAA27183 for parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:46:38 +0800 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:46:36 +0800 From: Andrew Shugg To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] dev-packages Message-ID: <20010803184634.R5850@neep.com.au> References: <20010802221905.C20250@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20010803132528.G9637@neep.com.au> <20010803113539.B1011@linuxcare.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20010803113539.B1011@linuxcare.com>; from rhirst@linuxcare.com on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 11:35:39AM +0100 List-ID: Quoth Richard Hirst: > If for some reason you do want to find things directly, you should > be aware that pkgs live in a pool now, and you wont find much under > a sid/main/binary-hppa dir on your local mirror. That's right, and the relative path of the file can be found in the "Filename:" field of 'apt-cache show packagename'. Append this to the URL in your /etc/apt/sources.list and you have the complete URL of that package to download, if for some reason you need to do the downloading on another system. Andrew. -- Andrew Shugg http://www.neep.com.au/ "Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than yourself." "Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a good laugh."