username/password for up2date

[Dennis Gilmore]

Once upon a time at band camp Tue, 4 Nov 2003 4:46 am, Stephen Moore wrote:
> is it possible to use a username and password with up2date?
>
> apt allows it
>
> http://user:passwd@premium-download.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhi
>de/
>
> up2date spits out a lot of python errors when i try this

As much as i love and use planetmirror  i have found that they are about 2-3 
days behind on keeping rawhide synced.  i initially was using planetmirror 
and found  people in the list were refering to packages that are unavaliable 
to me yet.

Dennis