Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list
Date	2016-01-15 20:40 +0100
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On Fri 15 Jan 2016 at 09:54:30 +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:08:53 +0000
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > http.debian.net/debian/
> > 
> > is exactly the same as
> > 
> > httpredir.debian.org/debian/
> > 
> > The .org indicates it is an official, supported mirror but it makes no
> > difference when updating and downloading. The former gets you to the
> > latter.
> > 
> 
> I am aware of this. I used to use httpredir.debian.org in my
> sources.list, but switched to http.debian.net because honestly it just
> looks better.

Looks do not matter. Either works for now and, for most users, it saves
them agonising about which mirror to use.

> Btw, what exactly is the purpose of '<release>-proposed-updates'? I
> always enable it for completeness' sake, but is this good practice?

https://wiki.debian.org/StableProposedUpdates

I've never used it and have no plans to do so.

Thread

Problem with apt-get and sources.list Amr Saber <amr.m.saber.mail@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 19:40 +0100
  Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-01-13 22:20 +0100
    Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Jose Martinez <jomartinez812@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 22:20 +0100
  Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-01-14 00:30 +0100
    Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 00:40 +0100
      Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Amr Saber <amr.m.saber.mail@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 00:50 +0100
      Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Jose Martinez <jomartinez812@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 01:10 +0100
        Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2016-01-14 01:20 +0100
          Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 02:10 +0100
          Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Jose Martinez <jomartinez812@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 02:40 +0100
  Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-01-14 19:50 +0100
    Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 20:10 +0100
      Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-01-15 10:00 +0100
        Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-01-15 20:40 +0100
          Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-01-21 03:50 +0100
            Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 12:00 +0100
    Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-15 20:20 +0100
      Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-01-21 03:50 +0100
        Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2016-01-21 11:20 +0100
          Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 12:10 +0100
            Re: Problem with apt-get and sources.list Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 13:10 +0100

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