I think you need to point at a directory, not a particular deb. "man sources.list" suggests something like:
deb file:/home/david/debian - Rog > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 12:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SLUG] souces.list for packages stored locally > > > What entry should I put in my sources.list for packages that > are stored locally > > eg: > > > /home/david/debian/foo.deb > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html