well, single line is easier to read, copy, & manage, imho.

that's what i use.

scott

Robert Citek wrote:
> Is there any advantage/disadvantage to having repository components in
> one line or several lines in a sources.list file?
>
> As far as I can tell, this single line:
>
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe
> multiverse
>
> is equivalent to these:
>
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper restricted
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper multiverse
>
> When I use either the single-line or multiple-line version I get the
> same result, which I expected from reading the man page.  But is there
> anything I should watch out for?
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
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