Bug#440973: dpkg-scanpackages.1.gz: bzip2 vs. gzip
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 06:27:17AM -0700, Jack Bates wrote: The dpkg-scanpackages manpage notes: Note: If you want to access the generated Packages file with apt you will probably need to compress the file with gzip(1) (generating a Packages.gz file). apt ignores uncompressed Packages files except on local access (i.e. file:// sources). However APT now seems to require a Packages.bz2 file. Thanks, Jack It prefers a Packages.bz2 file but it will happily use a Packages.gz file, too. So the above is not false. Maybe we want to mention both gzip and bzip, though. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#440973: dpkg-scanpackages.1.gz: bzip2 vs. gzip
Hi, On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 13:13:16 +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 06:27:17AM -0700, Jack Bates wrote: The dpkg-scanpackages manpage notes: Note: If you want to access the generated Packages file with apt you will probably need to compress the file with gzip(1) (generating a Packages.gz file). apt ignores uncompressed Packages files except on local access (i.e. file:// sources). However APT now seems to require a Packages.bz2 file. Thanks, Jack It prefers a Packages.bz2 file but it will happily use a Packages.gz file, too. So the above is not false. Maybe we want to mention both gzip and bzip, though. I fixed this some days ago, should be in git master. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#440973: dpkg-scanpackages.1.gz: bzip2 vs. gzip
Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.5 Severity: minor The dpkg-scanpackages manpage notes: Note: If you want to access the generated Packages file with apt you will probably need to compress the file with gzip(1) (generating a Packages.gz file). apt ignores uncompressed Packages files except on local access (i.e. file:// sources). However APT now seems to require a Packages.bz2 file. Thanks, Jack -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii binutils 2.18-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii cpio 2.9-3 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii dpkg 1.14.5 package maintenance system for Deb ii make 3.81-3 The GNU version of the make util ii patch 2.5.9-4Apply a diff file to an original ii perl [perl5] 5.8.8-7Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules 5.8.8-7Core Perl modules Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii bzip2 1.0.3-7high-quality block-sorting file co ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.2.1-6 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-16 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.2 [c-compiler] 4.2.1-5The GNU C compiler -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
