Michael Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > 2. merkel does not have the actual package files
> To work around (2) and make it possible to still download packages > (even with merkel as the only entry in sources.list) a hack was added > to apt called: "APT::URL-Remap::". This allows one to remap a > URI. Example: apt-get install 3dchess -o > APT::URL-Remap::http://merkel.debian.org/~aba/debian/=http://ftp.de.debian.org/d > +ebian/" Having to specify this at the commandline is messy, is there a way to put this in /etc/apt.conf.d/? I've tried in vain using APT::URL-Remap::http://merkel.debian.org/~aba/debian/ {"http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian";}; thanks, cu andreas -- "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason," [SPOILER] Svfurlr fnlf, fuhggvat qbja gur juveyvat tha. Neal Stephenson in "Snow Crash" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]