Re: apt-get on local filesystem

1999-12-03 Thread Adam C Powell IV
"Robert J. Alexander" wrote: > I have a copy of debian/dists/unstable on my hard disk > I am too dumb to understand how to specify the correct string in > /etc/apt/sources.list so that apt will use this source instead of the > HTTP sites (to which I have no connectivity). Use file:/whatever/

apt-get on local filesystem

1999-12-03 Thread Robert J. Alexander
I have a copy of debian/dists/unstable on my hard disk I am too dumb to understand how to specify the correct string in /etc/apt/sources.list so that apt will use this source instead of the HTTP sites (to which I have no connectivity). BTW I tried setting the $http_proxy environment var but a