[Pkg-doc-linux-devel] Linux-FAQ and Debian bug#119942

Colin Watson cjwatson@debian.org
Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:51:55 +0100


On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 07:35:13AM -0600, doug jensen wrote:
> This change was made:
>   http://ftp.debian.org/ or if you prefer, ftp://ftp.debian.org/   
> 
> Or, are you wondering why:
> The FTP option is derived from how the original bug report was worded:
> 
> "The Linux FAQ includes a link to ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/ which is
> quite wrong. That should be http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ (though the FTP
> protocol would also work)."

I think you should include the /debian/ part of the URL there, at least
for FTP. As I understand it that's part of the canonical path to the
archive.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]