Brenda J. Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the file uri should point to an "archive" which should have a > certain directory structure (like on debian cd's) right?
Yup. > And there should be package index files? So my question is, how do > I make that index file, and does anyone have any other advice re > this approach (eg, don't bother, just install using dpkg, or > whatever). You probably want to use the 'dpkg-scanpackages' utility out of the dpkg-dev package to generate the Packages file. Its man page is pretty useful. When I was doing this routinely, I found it best to write a shell script to do the work of running dpkg-scanpackages in each directory for me. > I wonder if I install using dpkg if the apt-get system > will know I have those packages? I believe APT makes an effort to treat dpkg information as authoritative. Even if you install a package file directly using 'dpkg --install', APT will still know about it; using a front-end like aptitude will show your package as "locally installed". -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
