APT how to force sources.list update

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  1. BoerenkoolMetWorst

    BoerenkoolMetWorst Registered Member

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    I have a modified sources.list file. Every once in a while, APT downloads an update for it. Since mine is modified, it asks whether I want to overwrite it or keep the old one(default.)
    Is there a way to force APT to download the latest version so I can let the updated version overwrite the old one?
     
  2. fblais

    fblais Registered Member

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    What commands are you executing exactly?
    APT never asked me about my source.list file.
    Why would you want to have yours updated/replaced since you modified it?
    I don't understand.
     
  3. zapjb

    zapjb Registered Member

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    Ime not APT but other things. Overwrite means replace what is the same but older & leave everything else.
     
  4. Rules

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    Maybe this can help :

    You can pass options to dpkg from apt. Interesting for you would be the option --force-confold.

    Code:
    apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" upgrade
    Setting --force-confdef as well makes apt-get still update the config file if it hasn't been edited, while --force-confold will keep edited configuration files without asking.


    To make this permanent, you can also set these options in your apt.conf file:

    Dpkg::Options {
    "--force-confdef";
    "--force-confold";
    }
     
  5. reasonablePrivacy

    reasonablePrivacy Registered Member

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    Current Debian uses /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory as a place for user to keep most of the manual changes.
     
  6. BoerenkoolMetWorst

    BoerenkoolMetWorst Registered Member

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    Thank you!
     
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