Re: apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-14 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Roberto Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greg Folkert wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:54 +0100, Blade wrote: That's the normal way. This way allows me to install dozens of module-source packages and build module packages from them for Debian kernels, without having to install a half GiB of

apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-06 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * William Ballard [Thu, Jan 06 2005, 05:44:18PM]: Like rm, dpkg is a tool for system administrators. It will not protect you from potentially harmful actions because it assumes that you know what you do. I already knew that. That's why I said you have to use it in this

Re: apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-06 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:54 +0100, Blade wrote: That's the normal way. This way allows me to install dozens of module-source packages and build module packages from them for Debian kernels, without having to install a half GiB of additional software that I really do not need. What we really

Re: apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-06 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Greg Folkert wrote: On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:54 +0100, Blade wrote: That's the normal way. This way allows me to install dozens of module-source packages and build module packages from them for Debian kernels, without having to install a half GiB of additional software that I really do not need.

Re: apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-06 Thread William Ballard
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 07:12:02PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: You drop a .deb file in there, run apt-update-repository to regenerate the Packages file, and then the package is now apt-getable. That's what I'm going to do, plus I'm going to start treating dpkg like a red-headed stepchild. :-)

Re: apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-06 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005, Eduard Bloch wrote: What we really need is the apt-get extension mentioned here a while ago that would allow you to run apt-get on local packages (without generating a local repository as described by Michel here). For those following along at home, this is wishlist bug

Re: apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-06 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 07 January 2005 00:54, Eduard Bloch wrote: #include hallo.h * William Ballard [Thu, Jan 06 2005, 05:44:18PM]: Like rm, dpkg is a tool for system administrators. It will not protect you from potentially harmful actions because it assumes that you know what you do. I