> emsetup previously added the emdebian toolchain repository > to /etc/apt/sources.list directly. In v0.1.4 this has changed. Instead, > the emdebian repository sources are added > to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/emdebian.sources.list - utilising the > supported method of adding new sources within apt. This was done for a > couple of reasons: > > 1. When experimenting with a debootstrap environment (see the pbuilder > directory in emdebian-tools SVN), it became obvious that > modifying /etc/apt/sources.list in emsetup was going to be problematic. > (It also threw some light on Richard's problem with secondary Debian > mirrors like ftp.debian.org - that URL comes from debootstrap and > causes no end of hassle for emdebian-tools because the secondary mirror > only has 2 architectures). > > 2. The normal place to modify conffiles is the maintainer scripts and > using sources.list.d/ allows emdebian-tools to undo the change very > easily when the package is purged. That makes the change worthwhile.
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