Workaround: create another sources.list file with http:// sources and have apt-file use it:
$ apt-file --sources-list /etc/apt/sources.list.http update Btw, I stumbled across the mirror:// functionality only by accident on askubuntu.com - but could not find it documented. Any pointers? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1395988 Title: apt-file cannot resolve mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-file/+bug/1395988/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
