Re: security update using ftp

[David Z Maze <dmaze@MIT.EDU>]

Rino Mardo <helixfish@gmx.net> writes:
RM> heh.  just want we need someone from #linux recommending RTFM.  if
RM> you read my message right, security updates are done via http in
RM> /etc/apt/sources.list what i'm looking for is if someone has done
RM> it using ftp as i can't.

Why can't you?  Have you made the appropriate change to your
sources.list?  IIRC, APT should work just fine with FTP.  (Also IIRC,
APT slightly predates the widespread appearance of HTTP Debian
mirrors...)

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