Make a couple of convenience strings.

apt-panopticon.lua

@@ -826,24 +826,26 @@ local parseRelease = function(host)
 	    end
 	end
 
-	if  APT.checkFile('results/' .. host .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release') then
-	    os.execute('sort -k 3 results/' .. host .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release >results/' .. host .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release.SORTED')
+	local fR  = 'results/' .. host .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release'
+	local fRp = APT.options.referenceSite.value .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release.SORTED'
+	if  APT.checkFile(fR) then
+	    os.execute('sort -k 3 ' .. fR .. ' >' .. fR .. '.SORTED')
 	    local outFile = 'results/NEW_' .. list.out .. '_' .. n .. '.txt'
-	    if APT.checkFile('results_old/' .. APT.options.referenceSite.value .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release.SORTED') then
+	    if APT.checkFile('results_old/' .. fRp) then
 		if APT.options.referenceSite.value == host then
 		    outFile = outFile .. '.tmp'
-		    os.execute('diff -U 0    results_old/' .. APT.options.referenceSite.value .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release.SORTED ' ..
-					    'results/' .. APT.options.referenceSite.value .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release.SORTED ' ..
+		    os.execute('diff -U 0    results_old/' .. fRp .. ' ' ..
+					    'results/' .. fRp .. ' ' ..
 					    '| grep -v "@@" | grep "^+" | grep "Packages.xz$" |  cut -c 77- >' .. outFile)
 -- TODO - Maybe check the date in Release, though since they are updated daily, is there any point?  Perhaps it's for checking amprolla got run?
 --	Also check if that date is in the future, apt recently got a check for that, though not sure why.
-		    os.execute('rm -f results/' .. host .. '/merged/dists/' .. n .. '/Release 2>/dev/null; ')
+		    os.execute('rm -f ' .. fR .. ' 2>/dev/null; ')
 		else
 -- TODO - compare to the pkgmaster copy.
 		    if APT.testing('Updated') then
-			local pkt = APT.exe([[TZ="GMT" date -d "$(grep '^Date:' results/pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/dists/]] .. n .. [[/Release.SORTED | cut -d ' ' -f 2-)" '+%s']]):Do().result
+			local pkt = APT.exe([[TZ="GMT" date -d "$(grep '^Date:' results/]] .. fRp .. [[ | cut -d ' ' -f 2-)" '+%s']]):Do().result
 			pkt = tonumber(pkt:sub(2, -2))
-			local new = APT.exe([[TZ="GMT" date -d "$(grep '^Date:' results/]]  ..  host  ..  [[/merged/dists/]] .. n .. [[/Release.SORTED | cut -d ' ' -f 2-)" '+%s']]):Do().result
+			local new = APT.exe([[TZ="GMT" date -d "$(grep '^Date:' ]]  ..  fR  .. [[.SORTED | cut -d ' ' -f 2-)" '+%s']]):Do().result
 			new = tonumber(new:sub(2, -2))
 			local upd  = pkt +  APT.mirrors[host].Updated
 			local updd = pkt + (APT.mirrors[host].Updated * 1.5)	-- Give the mirror time to actually do the update.