On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Roger Barnes wrote:

> I think you need to point at a directory, not a particular deb.  "man
> sources.list" suggests something like:
>
> deb file:/home/david/debian

#apt-get update
E: malformed line in sources list

I know that's what the man page says, but I think it doesn't tell the
whole story. Sometimes man  pages tell fibs, or at least not the whole
story ;-)


>
> - Rog
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David
> > Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 12:06 PM
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> > 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
> >
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