Author: ken
Date: Tue Nov 10 20:11:14 2020
New Revision: 23886

Log:
Change debian pool link in Going Beyond LFS -

Unsurprisingly, ftp to ftp.uk.debian.org no longer works.
Change to http: because the https certificate is for hands.com and subdomains
firefox reports it is NOT valid for ftk.uk.debian.org.

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/introduction/important/beyond.xml

Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/important/beyond.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/important/beyond.xml        Tue Nov 10 16:44:48 
2020        (r23885)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/important/beyond.xml        Tue Nov 10 20:11:14 
2020        (r23886)
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>Debian
-          <ulink url="ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool"/> (use your 
country's
+          <!-- 2020-11-11 : ftp hangs trying to connect, presumably removed.
+               Use http becasue firefox says the certificate at this gb site is
+               not valid for ftp.uk.debian.org -->
+          <ulink url="http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool"/> (use your 
country's
           version if there is one) - the source will be in .tar.gz tarballs 
(either
           the original upstream <filename class='extension'>.orig</filename> 
source,
           or else a <filename>dfsg</filename> containing those parts which 
comply
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