> What is the point is that APT should be able to dial up as needed (For > example, there is no point in dialing up when the files are already > cached, but a wrapper shell script cannot know this), and sometimes you
ok, i don't get it. if you are not yet connected to the net, how would you know if the cached files (do you mean the contents of /var/cache/apt and /var/lib/apt?) are up-to-date? if you are using a local caching web proxy, wouldn't the web proxy be a better thing to handle the dialing? randolph -- Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.TauSq.org/

