Need debian package management status files explained

2011-05-08 Thread Ciaran Smith
Hi I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this stage. Thanks to the Debian Policy manual, I understand how the remote repositories are structured and how sources.list is used to consult the repositories to locate updates. I understand what is contained in a package file

Re: Need debian package management status files explained

2011-05-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/08/2011 06:51 AM, Ciaran Smith wrote: Hi I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this stage. [snip] I figure I need to understand how dpkg works because apt builds on top of it. How this is not too many questions and thanks in advance for the help, Why?

Re: Need debian package management status files explained

2011-05-08 Thread Ciaran Smith
On 08/05/2011 17:02, Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/08/2011 06:51 AM, Ciaran Smith wrote: Hi I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this stage. [snip] I figure I need to understand how dpkg works because apt builds on top of it. How this is not too many questions and

Re: Need debian package management status files explained

2011-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110508_110206, Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/08/2011 06:51 AM, Ciaran Smith wrote: Hi I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this stage. [snip] I figure I need to understand how dpkg works because apt builds on top of it. How this is not too many questions and

Re: Need debian package management status files explained

2011-05-08 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 08 May 2011, Ciaran Smith wrote: My confusion begins with these files: /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin Read the apt source and any documentation on its internals. /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/available Read the dpkg source, and possibly the dselect source (ick), as well as the