Hi,
> Prior to emailing the list, I tried several combinations of
> hosts and paths before giving up and just using deb.debian.org.
> Even after your explanation above, I'm unsure how to derive the
> correct cached source URL, given that the official backport
> instructions don't give a source URL which uses
> ftp.uk.debian.org or backports.debian.org (or any of the other
> mirrors listed in the wiki page). Maybe there's an underlying
> assumption that a mirror can be used simply by swapping out the
> original host name for the mirror, but even if that's the case I
> think it should be documented explicitly because it's not
> uncommon for mirrors to be hosted at a different URL path to
> where they were on the original host.
It's another one of those things that's only documented in a small number
of obscure places, but you can find out what dists are available from a
mirror host by appending debian/dist to the URL and opening it in a web
browser.
For example:
http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/
http://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/
Best wishes,
@ndy
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