problem adding s/w source

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:

> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> I'm undoubtedly missing some basic that you're telling me. What I don't
>> understand is why plugging in the URL verbatim isn't working. One other
>> site that I have in the sources.list file is
>> http://www.foory.de/thw/slrn/hardy (note the difference in form) and it
>> works perfectly.
>
> Strange, there is something i do not understand either, because both
> according to my assumptions and to the site itself, it should have been:
>
> deb http://www.foory.de/thw/slrn/ hardy/

You said "on the site itself". I'm not disputing you but I don't see 
anything on the site that would indicate "deb" should be used. I 
know that's the general form recommended. Could you clarify?

>
> Maybe the source application program is so smart that is extracts the
> correct mnemonics from the URL you used.
> Maybe you could write to the web site and ask them for a solution - they
> might change the layout so it will work.

Do any of the combinations I've tried look like they should work?

Thanks again.


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