Jeff, > jepler wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 03:17:26PM +0000, acondit wrote: >> Why are the hardy dists not also under >> http://linuxcnc.org/emc2/dists/hardy/ >> like the dapper and breezy dists rather than >> http://linuxcnc.org/hardy/dists/hardy/ >> >> Then you would only have to bookmark <http://linuxcnc.org/emc2/ >> dists/> in order >> to find the offline distribution for emc2. > > Because of some technical details of debian package archive signing, > coupled with decisions we made back when we created the dapper > repository that were incompatible with what we wanted to do in the > hardy > repository. > > Everything under /emc2 is signed by Chris Radek's GPG key. By the > time > we did Hardy we realized this was not the best approach. For Hardy > we sign with a key that is shared by the EMC board members. However, > you can't do both of those things within the same directory structure. > > We can't change the old packages to be signed by the new shared key, > because that would create "unverified package" type warnings for every > user performing updates on the old systems. > > Jeff
So is it possible to create either a separate directory with symlinks to both package sets or a symlink within one of the existing distribution directory setups to the other repository? Or does this also run afoul of the "technical details of debian package archive signing". Alan --- Alan Condit 1085 Tierra Ct. Woodburn, OR 97071 Email -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home-Office (503) 982-0906 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
