diff --git a/conf/type/__apt_update_index/gencode-remote b/conf/type/__apt_update_index/gencode-remote
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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# 2011 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist at armstrong.cc)
-#
-# This file is part of cdist.
-#
-# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-
-# BIG FAT FIXME: there must be a better way to do this!
-tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
-cleanup() {
-   rm -rf "$tmpdir"
-}
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-should="$tmpdir/should"
-is="$tmpdir/is"
-
-find "$__global/object/__apt_ppa" -path "*.cdist/parameter/state" | xargs cat > "$should"
-find "$__global/object/__apt_ppa" -path "*.cdist/explorer/state" | xargs cat > "$is"
-
-diff -ru "$is" "$should" || echo apt-get update
-
diff --git a/conf/type/__apt_update_index/man.text b/conf/type/__apt_update_index/man.text
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-cdist-type__apt_update_index(7)
-==========================
-Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
-
-
-NAME
-----
-cdist-type__apt_update_index - resynchronize the apt package index
-
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-This cdist type allows you to resynchronize the package index files from their
-sources. In other words, it runs `apt-get update`.
-
-FIXME: currently hard coded to work together with the __apt_ppa type
-
-
-REQUIRED PARAMETERS
--------------------
-None.
-
-OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
--------------------
-None.
-
-
-EXAMPLES
---------
-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-__apt_update_index
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-SEE ALSO
---------
-- cdist-type(7)
-
-
-COPYING
--------
-Copyright \(C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is
-granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
diff --git a/conf/type/__apt_update_index/singleton b/conf/type/__apt_update_index/singleton
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