> The check on disk space also uses those other files.
>
> AFAIK the tools to create those index files and cross
> references is not part of the distribution, and the format of
> the files is proprietary. You may be able to hack it by
> looking at the files, but you never know if you got all the
> bits right. We decided to avoid YaST in our installs.
> Initially we build the system through a bunch of rpm commands
> to create the basic structure, and then add the rest of the
> packages with apt4rpm.
>
Awesome!!!  I didn't know about "apt4rpm".  Now, I have to rethink my whole
plan.  Thanks a lot!  ;-)

Thanks,

Leland

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