Package: apt Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1 Severity: wishlist I am sure this is not original. Applies to Debian package repositories since they have a uniform structure:
Sometimes (like now!), not all packages have made it to all mirrors, or one's favorite, closest mirror is down. I would like a better way of specifitying Debian mirrors. "Foreign" repos would remain is now and the current syntax would remain valid for Debian as well. Something like: Debian Mirrors: Preferred Mirror: ftp://........... Mirror 2: http://....... Mirror 3 ... End Debian Mirrors For ALL Debian stuff, stable, main, contrib, whatever, the preferred mirror would be tested first. If this fails, the 2nd, etc. Right now to do this, I need to duplicate the entire series of Debian repos for each mirror. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Default-Release "unstable"; APT::Cache-Limit "141943904"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; "Apt::Get::Purge"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- # stuff added for Java? Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. # main mirrors, local! deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ testing main deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ testing main deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ unstable main deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ unstable main deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ stable main deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ stable main deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ testing contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ testing contrib non-free deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ unstable contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ unstable contrib non-free deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ stable contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ stable contrib non-free # Security updates for "stable" #deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free #deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free # Evolution #deb ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/debian stable main #deb-src ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/debian stable main # Blades Repository (pppoeconf & co) #deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/testing ./ #deb-src http://people.debian.org/~blade/testing ./ #new DRI locations? #deb http://www.nixnuts.net/files/ ./ #deb-src http://www.nixnuts.net/files/ ./ # system imager site #deb http://download.systemimager.org/debian stable main #qmail #deb http://smarden.org/pape/Debian sarge unofficial #deb-src http://smarden.org/pape/Debian sarge unofficial # more recent wine versions: deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/ deb-src http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ source/ # an xorg package #deb http://www.acm.cs.rpi.edu/~dilinger/xorg/ ./ #deb-src http://www.acm.cs.rpi.edu/~dilinger/xorg/ ./ #the nermerly C#-like compiler for .net deb http://nemerle.org/download/deb/ ./ deb-src http://nemerle.org/download/deb/ ./ # open virtual deb http://debian.systs.org/ stable openvz # quake3 scorpius deb http://scorpius.homelinux.org/~marc/debian binary/ deb-src http://scorpius.homelinux.org/~marc/debian source/ # aldrin deb http://deb.zeitherrschaft.org/edgy binary/ deb-src http://deb.zeitherrschaft.org/edgy source/ # new rosegarden musix reporitory deb ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/deb/ ./ -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (650, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-rt7-davidb (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.02.19 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.2-20070525-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.2-20070525-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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