Re: security update using ftp

[Kjetil Ødegaard <kjetilod@orakel.ntnu.no>]

* 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...)

The homepage for security updates only lists http URLs; check

http://www.debian.org/security/

-- 
Kjetil Ødegaard, Orakeltjenesten ITEA, NTNU