A GNU Arch Handbook

3.1 Coordinates for Upstream Projects

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Development projects which use arch typically advertise the archive names and archive locations of their arch databases. You must find that information for projects you wish to participate in.

An archive name is a "logical name" for an arch database: the name describes the database but also all mirrors (copies) of the database.

An archive location is a "physical name" for an arch database: it provides a URL via which the database can be accessed. All the mirrors of a given archive share the same archive name, but each has a different archive location.

Archive names can be recognized by their distinctive syntax: an email address, followed by two dashes, followed by a suffix. The email address (informally) identifies whom to contact with questions about the archive.

The GNU Arch Project Archives

Examples in this handbook will use the arch archives of the GNU Arch project itself. Here are the current coordinates. There are two archives you'll need. Later sections in this chapter will show you how to use this information. Note that two locations are given for each archive: that's because the archives are mirrored in more than one place.

    Archive name: lord@emf.net--2005
    Location 1: http://www.gnuarch.org/archives/lord@emf.net--2005
    Location 2: http://www.seyza.com/archives/lord@emf.net--2005

    Archive name: lord@emf.net--websw-2005
    Location 1: http://www.gnuarch.org/archives/lord@emf.net--websw-2005
    Location 2: http://www.seyza.com/archives/lord@emf.net--websw-2005

  

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Copyright

Copyright (C) 2005 Tom Lord (lord@emf.net)

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this software; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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