On Sat, May 08, 2021 at 07:48:44PM +0100, Andy Bennett wrote:
>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/
Another nice tip; thanks! Why are these things well hidden? It makes
no sense to me. Although this doesn't work with
apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com AFAICS, and that seems deliberate so there
are probably good reasons for it.
