Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> writes: > On 25 May 2010 at 06:59, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > | Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> writes: > | > Every now and then mini-dinstall throws us a curve ball. Right now I am > | > seeing the errors below on my testing box (which is otherwise current). > | > > | > What can we do to fix the index file? I have removed Packages*, Release*, > [...] > | > | Maybe just avoid the problem by using reprepro. > > So to continue: I got two votes for reprepro and am looking into it. As with > so many things, not that hard once one sits down and fiddles with it. > > One think I could not answer was: can it do what mini-dinstalled called > > archive_style = flat > > so that we could cook-up an in-place substitution? The answer seems to be > "No" and pools have advantages, esp as we are at 2300+ packages and growing. > So maybe this is the time to have users switch their sources.list entries. > > -- > Regards, Dirk
I'm afraid you can't. Given the number of packages a flat archive isn't a good idea anyway so it is a good idea to change. You can import your old repository into reprepro by using a file:///path/ url and reprepro will hardlink the packages if possible (same filesystem). That way it doesn't use up noticable space. But I'm afraid you will have to switch to the non-flat sources.list entry format. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/877hmkduet....@frosties.localdomain