Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 05:35:48PM +0900, Horms wrote:
>> 2. The $PREFIX.generate-binary-debian-installer file created for
>> a local instance of the debian installer is bogus as it lacks
>> the FileList line.
>>
>> This means that the resulting packages file will be empty
>> and as a result local .udebs will be not be able to be found
>> by debian-installer, even though they are present on the CD.
>>
>> The attached patch, debian-cd-scanpackages_local.patch,
>> resolves this problem.
>
> Even if you do this, udpkg is not capable of merging two Packages files,
> so it won't actually work properly. I had to hack tools/scanpackages to
> append all the files listed in the local section to the main filelist
> instead, thus effectively merging the Packages files. This works but is
> hacky.
>
> --
> Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The CD should be small enough to just scan all debs/udebs on it and
create a full Packages file for it. No mergeing, just recreate.
MfG
Goswin
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