Neil> Time for a bug report, I think. But in order to actually get the Neil> thing working, I need more help.
Have you ever filed the report? I can't find it searching on b.d.o. Neil> I get: Neil> Failed to fetch Neil> http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/packages/unstable/amd64/Release Neil> Unable to find expected entry Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?) And this is my main question: have you figured out what causes this error? I am pretty much in banging-head-against-wall mode now. Let me describe my situation: I have a flat (single directory) archive of personal debs. I see absolutely no point in maintaining "code names" and "suites" and what not. So I put the debs into /var/local/debian (which apache aliases to /debian/) on my.server.com, and in the clients' sources.list I put deb http://my.server.com/debian/ ./ I generate the Packages.gz file by cd /var/local/debian && apt-ftparchive packages ./ | gzip - > Packages.gz and the Release file by cd /var/local/debian && apt-ftparchive release ./ > /tmp/Release && mv /tmp/Release . Followed by apt-get update on the clients of course. All this works flawlessly until I introduce signing. As soon as I add a Release.gpg file (generated by cd /var/local/debian && gpg -abs -o Release.gpg Release) apt-get starts giving me the above error message. Now the wording made me think that perhaps perhaps I should NOT compress the Packages file, so I tried to omit the gzip step above. But then apt-get complains it cannot retrieve Packages file! <rant> It seems the security layer of apt was a quick hack which introduced this sort of confusion, instead of the thoughtful redesign it needed. </rant> Thanks for your help in advance. -- This line is completely ham. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
