This is an abbreviated re-post. My original posting is in the archives here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0012/msg01267.html
Is there a way to find out exactly from where apt-get is planning to fetch a particular package? The reason I need to know this is because of a bug in apt-get, found and reported by a few people before me... (see original posting). What I want to do is to make a list of the packages that are going to be installed, together with the intended fetch location and the relevant dependencies. A bit like this: foo is located on "Debian 2.2r0 Binary 1" -> bar is located on "Debian 2.2r0 Binary 2" -> bob is located on "Debian 2.2r0 Binary 1" Where foo depends on bar and bob, but bob doesn't depend on bar. Armed with this information I would do "apt-get install bar" then "apt-get install foo", and it would work, as foo and bob are on the same CD. Any script ideas gratefully received! -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller "Faber est suae quisque fortunae."
