On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:59:04AM -0800, Nunya wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:40:45AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > Use dpkg-scanpackages to update the Packages file (and remember to gzip > > it, so you've got Packages.gz). > > When you say "update" the Packages, are you implying that you can do an > incremental update of an existing Packages file?
I was just talking about replacing it, actually. > I use the command: > #dpkg-scanpackages latest /dev/null > $sub/Packages > > and every invocation takes the same amount of time, it's quite a lengthy > process, even though the archive is but little changed -- it doesn't > "reuse" what it can. You might like to look into apt-ftparchive, which was written because dpkg-scanpackages was getting too slow for the needs of the Debian archive. However, I haven't used it myself so I'm hesitant to recommend it straight off because I don't know how hard it is to set up. (It might be quite easy, which would be nice ...) Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
