* W. Crowshaw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> So, I found the necessary X4 debs for my powerpc debian. At this
> mirror location, they are
> ftp://ftp.digex.net/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/xserver-xfree86_4.0.2-1_powerpc.deb
>
> . How do I set up sources.list so that it downloads the necessary
> packages. I have tried combinations such as
> deb ftp://ftp.digex.net/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/
> deb ftp://ftp.digex.net/debian/ pool/main/x/xfree86
> deb ftp://ftp.digex.net/debian/pool/
> None of these works (No surprise there). Do I need to instead
> download the necessary packages individually using an ftp session? I
> rather have apt-get do it, because of its ability to partially
> download files and then resume downloads later?
You need to put the following line :
deb ftp://ftp.digex.net/debian unstable main
In fact, need a file Packages.gz that indicate where the
differents packages can be found. This file is located in :
ftp://ftp.digex.net/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz
Bye
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DEFRESNE Sylvain
