Why limit this comment to apt-get *source* ? Any command that causes apt-get to download suffers from this. apt's sources.list should be revised to read like this:
[Mirrors] ftp.de.debian.org ftp.us.debian.org osuosl.org/ftp.debian.org [Distributions] sid sid-updates sid-backports [Components] free non-free This would be equivalent to many lines specifying all the components for each distribution for each mirror. For catering to cases where this appropriate is not appropriate (eg local self-styled repos and third-party repos that do not follow Debian's component system etc), have an "Old-style" section where the user can enter old-style lines like: [Old-style] deb file:///home/ramram/local-deb-repo / deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt sid main deb http://apt.wxwidgets.org/ sid-wx main deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian sid non-free So lines in this old-style section will be processed as before, and the newer type lines will be construed to apply for all mirrors listed. Shriramana Sharma. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
