The easiest way would be to use the Packages.gz from the mirror and the
directory structure as used on the mirror, when you update using that
Packages.gz, it will seem as if there are much more packages, that you
don't all have, however if you don't need them that's not a problem.
Ron Rademaker
From: Ron Rademaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The easiest way would be to use the Packages.gz from the
mirror and the
directory structure as used on the mirror, when you update using that
Packages.gz, it will seem as if there are much more packages, that you
don't all have, however if you
I guess you should check the manpage of deb-control.
Ron Rademaker
PS. You could also keep all the .deb's and install them, if needed, using
dpkg.
On Wed, 24 May 2000, Moore, Paul wrote:
From: Ron Rademaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The easiest way would be to use the Packages.gz from
Actually I use dpkg-scanpackage with great success. apt-move can also
move packages from /var/cache/apt into a directory structure. Check
the man page for dpkg-scanpackage, if you need more help ask me and I
will provide examples.
Ron Rademaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I guess you should check
No, that wouln't work. I have debs from a lot of places (unofficial
packages, updated versions backported to slink, etc, etc) and I want to
combine them onto one CD. So I have to build my own Packages.gz
I do that all the time. On my system, I have a directory /debian/local, where
I dump
Joseph A. Martin (The LaterDude) wrote:
Actually I use dpkg-scanpackage with great success. apt-move can also
move packages from /var/cache/apt into a directory structure. Check
the man page for dpkg-scanpackage, if you need more help ask me and I
will provide examples.
Ron Rademaker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph A. Martin (The LaterDude)) writes:
Actually I use dpkg-scanpackage with great success. apt-move can also
move packages from /var/cache/apt into a directory structure. Check
the man page for dpkg-scanpackage, if you need more help ask me and I
will provide examples.
Use apt-move
Moore, Paul wrote:
Another question on apt...
I've downloaded a lot of .deb files from various places on the Internet, and
I'd like to put them on a CD or something for safekeeping. It strikes me
that the best way of doing this would be to put them in some sort of format
which
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