I'm working on an LWP method for dselect. Current code is available at http://biocomp.anu.edu.au/~dld/debian/dpkg-http_0.1_all.deb The method can use any URL supported by LWP. Proxies can be set using ftp_proxy=http://wwwcache and http_proxy=... Multiple sites can be specified during Access setup (main archive, non-US archive, local archives, bo-updates, ...). The Packages files are downloaded using mirror(), so if the remote site hasn't changed, the Update function should return quickly.
For the moment, I'm using the standard MIME-Base64 and libwww-perl perl modules (/usr/local/site_perl/...). I'm expecting the Debian modules to be functional soon (libwww-perl is a bit behind, and mime-base64 is m68k only). Yes, I know deity will be out soon, but we're paying $0.19/megabyte here, and caching helps. -- Dr. Drake Diedrich, Research Officer - Computing, (02)6279-8302 John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University 0200 Replies to other than [EMAIL PROTECTED] will be routed off-planet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
