Re: A niche for the Hurd - dpkg -iO ftp://foo/bar/*.deb

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Am Sonntag 02 November 2008 01:23:15 schrieb Samuel Thibault:
> Arne Babenhauserheide, le Sun 02 Nov 2008 01:03:47 +0100, a écrit :
> > Am Montag 20 Oktober 2008 15:00:22 schrieb Samuel Thibault:
> > > - Nice features: dpkg -iO ftp://foo/bar/*.deb
> >
> > Could you explain what this does?
>
> It installs (-i) the deb packages from the bar/ path of server foo, but
> only if already installed (-O).  Quite useful to install somebody's own
> build of the hurd packages from his ftp server for instance.

Does it depend on having an FTP multiplexer setup at "ftp:", or does it work 
right out of the box? 

Best wishes, 
Arne

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