Re: Fedora Extras RPMs for FC4 + apt-get

On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 07:49 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 20:09 -0300, Andre Costa wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > could someone please share the apt-get repository configuration
> > necessary to install/update Fedora Extras RPMs for FC4? I tried
> > downloading their own version of apt-get
> > (http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/apt-0.5.15cnc7-2.i386.rpm),
> > but it fails with this:
> > 
> > ~/tmp apt-get update
> > Fetching list of repositories/mirrors...
> > E: Failed to fetch mirror list file:
> > 
> > So I reverted back to apt-0.5.15cnc6-4.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm, but this
> > version lacks the "mirror-select" feature.
> 
> This question might be better directed to fedora-extras-list.

My bad - forgot the following:
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Below still applies to the OP's question.

> Has been
> considerable discussion on apt there of late...
> 
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-June/msg00557.html
> 
> May want to read the entire set of threads on the topic before jumping
> in.
> 
> Phil
>