Instead of doing apt-get update over my modem, this only took a couple of minutes:
S=debian.linux.org.tw A=/var/lib/apt/lists/$S_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages cp -p $A /var/tmp/Packages rsync -zt $S:/home/ftp/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages /var/tmp/Packages Now what do I do? Slip it under apt's nose with cp /var/tmp/Packages $A ? Of course it just couldn't be that simple... so how do I give it to apt now that I've got it? Wait, wwwoffle -O \ http://debian.linux.org.tw/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz >\ /var/tmp/Packages.$$ #backup { echo "HTTP/1.0 200 OK"; echo; cat /var/tmp/Packages.gz;}|wwwoffle-write \ http://debian.linux.org.tw/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz apt-get update And indeed, apt swallows it just like it were the real thing. Muhahah. Ok, I guess I should do this for all 6 Packages.gz files I use. I've been reading up on apt, and I read that there's no more forthright way to hand a Packages.gz file to apt other than hoodwinking it thru the caching proxy server... No? Is there no better way currently? -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780
