Hi, On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 09:26:03PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > Hi all, > > [1] lists apt-ftparchive as a tool to "move a collection of packages", > which it doesn't appear to do (at least, none of the doco explains > it, and a quick browse of the source doesn't enlighten me). > apt-ftparchive can be replaced by reprepro. I think it would be worth > updating this document to try and avoid confusing people who are trying > to do something "the Debian way".
I think apt-ftparchive is right tool but this documentation is to blame. The apt-ftparchive command is used in our archive as I understand. All other tools are for convienience tools for regular users and YMMV. I have updated usage guide for apt-fetarchive in Debian reference: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_small_public_package_archive At least apt-fetarchive is available on developer machine such as people.debian.org: os...@ravel:~$ type apt-ftparchive apt-ftparchive is /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive os...@ravel:~$ type reprepro -bash: type: reprepro: not found > [1] > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.en.html#pools I marked all obsoleted documents to show their title with: (Obsolete Documentation) I hope this helps these people coming to these pages via google without seeing our main web pages. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
