-# create a copy of all methods, expect https
-eval `aptconfig shell METHODS Dir::Bin::Methods/d`
-COPYMETHODS='usr/lib/apt/methods'
-mv rootdir/${COPYMETHODS} rootdir/${COPYMETHODS}.bak
-mkdir -p rootdir/$COPYMETHODS
-cd rootdir/$COPYMETHODS
-find $METHODS \! -type d | while read meth; do
- ln -s $meth
+# install a slowed down file: otherwise its to fast to reproduce combining
+NEWMETHODS="$(readlink -f rootdir)/usr/lib/apt/methods"
+OLDMETHODS="$(readlink -f rootdir/usr/lib/apt/methods)"
+rm "$NEWMETHODS"
+mkdir "$NEWMETHODS"
+backupIFS="$IFS"
+IFS="$(printf "\n\b")"
+for METH in $(find "$OLDMETHODS" -maxdepth 1 ! -type d); do
+ ln -s "$OLDMETHODS/$(basename "$METH")" "$NEWMETHODS"