[plug] Apt sources question

Patrick Tehvand patrick at perthix.net
Wed Oct 9 08:00:45 WST 2002


On Wednesday 09 October 2002 06:08, Steege, Phil E typed:
> I have been using apt-rpm for a while and have a question concerning the
> sources list.
>
> Currently my /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this:
>
> #Red Hat 7.3: main os, updates and extra (apt package) (+sources)
> rpm ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat/7.3/en/i386 os updates extra
> rpm-src ftp://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/apt redhat/7.3/en/i386 os updates extra
>
> Can I have multiple sources in my apt sources.list.

You sure can, I have both tuxfamily and freshrpms in there, and they get along 
nicely (though I suggest you upgrade to the freshrpm "apt" packages as it is 
less picky about its sources for some reason.

>
> I was thinking of adding the Freshrpms site to the list and wondered if apt
> would look through multiple site entries for the latest version and then
> download that one or are all the source tree sites identical for a
> particular version, such as redhat 7.3.

That is exactly what it does.

>
> Phil
Patrick

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