On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:58:36PM -0500, "H.S." <hs.sa...@gmail.com> was heard to say: > > Apt(itude) should respect the following configuration setting: > > > > Acquire::http::Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
[snip] > I think this will be most useful when aptitude downloads updates > automatically (usually in a Ubuntu machine). Does Ubuntu install an aptitude cronjob? > However, while having this option in apt.conf, is there a method to > override or ignore this from aptitude command line? For example, I would > like to limit the download rate for automatic aptitude downloads which > happen in background but would like to use more bandwidth while updating > a system myself from the command line. aptitude -o Acquire::http::DL-Limit=<whatever> <arg>... Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
