Re: Stupid apt tricks?

[Ron Steinke <rsteinke@w-link.net>]

From: "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com>
>
> Am 27. Aug, 2001 schw?zte Jonathan D. Proulx so:
>
> > I want to have apt-get to fetch from a single repository for a
> > scripted update.
> > 
> > in pseudo commands:
> > apt-get -o="Apt:repository:file:///com/debian/dists/stable" update
> > apt-get -o="Apt:repository:file:///com/debian/dists/stable" upgrade
> > apt-get update   # to reset things to a normal state
> > 
> > I though I had this working at one point, but can't remember how.
>
> Look at the setup I used to use:
>
> http://home.pages.de/~lufthans/unix/
>
> See the link about "security, testing and unstable updater for debian".
> They're just calling apt-get with options and alternative dirs in /var.

When I look at the link, I just get binary garbage. Is this supposed
to be an executable, and if so where is the documentation on how to modify
sources.list?

Ron Steinke