1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/selfstrap b/src/selfstrap
index 72fda34..4492d67 100755
--- a/src/selfstrap
+++ b/src/selfstrap
@@ -16,17 +16,19 @@ usage()
     --chroot=<prog>    Use prog for chroot command
     --packages=<file>  Text file contains names of packages to install
     --real-apt         Use 'apt-get install' to install packages
+    --skip-update      Do not run 'apt-get update' at startup
 EOF
     exit ${1:-1}
 }
 
-GETOPT=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o t:hv --long help,target:,verbose,unpack,chroot:,packages:,real-apt -- "$@") || exit
+GETOPT=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o t:hv --long help,target:,verbose,unpack,chroot:,packages:,real-apt,skip-update -- "$@") || exit
 eval set -- "$GETOPT"
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
         -t|--target) TARGET=$2; shift ;;
         -h|--help) usage 0 ;;
         -v|--verbose) VERBOSE=y ;;
+        --skip-update) SKIP_UPDATE=y ;;
         --unpack) UNPACK_ONLY=y; die 'unimplemented' ;;
         --packages) x=$(cat < "$2") || die "could not read file '$2'"
                     EXTRA_PACKAGES="$EXTRA_PACKAGES $x"