Re: How does JIGDO fetch the debian packages?

2002-10-18 Thread Wookey
On Fri 18 Oct, Abdul Latip wrote: > Basically I am looking for apt/dpkg primitives that will > inform where to locate the debian packages based on > /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/sources.list. > > As I have mentioned, I would like (at office) to fetch > packages for my computer at home based

Re: How does JIGDO fetch the debian packages?

2002-10-17 Thread Abdul Latip
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Richard Atterer wrote: >> Does JIGDO understand /etc/apt/preferences ? > No. The only thing it does is to fetch the selected Debian mirror from > /etc/apt/sources.list, if present. I don't think jigdo will help you > with your problem. Thanks! BTW, I have also traced the jigd

Re: How does JIGDO fetch the debian packages?

2002-10-17 Thread Richard Atterer
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:48:03PM -0400, Abdul Latip wrote: > May I know how JIGDO fetch the debian packages? It uses wget. > Does JIGDO understand /etc/apt/preferences ? No. The only thing it does is to fetch the selected Debian mirror from /etc/apt/sources.list, if present. I don't think jigd

How does JIGDO fetch the debian packages?

2002-10-16 Thread Abdul Latip
Hi: May I know how JIGDO fetch the debian packages? Does JIGDO understand /etc/apt/preferences ? I would like to create a CDROM that has all (about 450) packages that I am currently use at home (with no internet connection). First, I list the packages by using "dpkg --get-selections". Unfortu