Re: Bug#32121: apt: Downlaod should copy when using file:// urls?
On 19 Jan 1999 lupus@debian.org wrote:
> I tried to use apt (compiled out of cvs) to be able to use the
> new advanced features (ie mainly a different configuration file).
> I want to upgrade my home system with a zip disk (I have a local
> debian mirror at work and expensive phone costs:-) so I setup
> a directory in a zip disk with the package info required by apt.
> At work I used the command:
> apt-get -c apt.conf -d dist-upgrade
> hoping it will copy the debs I need at home in the archives directory.
> This command does nothing, however, as there are the file:// url
> in /etc/apt/sources.list: I guess if I use an ftp or http url
> apt-get will download them fine.
> Would it be possible to get it to copy the files in this case
> (maybe after confirmation)?.
It is actually a file:/ (single /!) URL but..
Try using a 'copy' URL it just might work. Exactly the same syntax as a
file URL but use copy as the access specifier. 'copy' urls are used
internally for some things I have never tested them in an external
context.
Let me know that results :>
BTW there is recent APT 0.3.0 .debs at http://www.debian.org/~jgg
Jason
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