On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:30:18PM +1000, Roger Barnes wrote: > > 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 ;-) > > Yep, but I think it got us closer than before. You caught me, I slipped in a fib > with my fingers crossed (hoping it would work), but I think there needs to be a > specfic directory structure that specifies release (eg testing, unstable), > architecture and so on. apt-get, upon further inspection, seems to look for a > Packages.gz file to catalog what's available at each URI. package apt-move setups up the right structure
> > The debian-user thread below may provide some clues: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/11/msg00617.html > > Short of running dpkg-scanpackages, you may be stuck with using "dpkg -i" instead of > "apt-get install" > > - Rog > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >
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