Re: Package locations?
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Jim Westveer wrote:
>I know slink_cd is creating a good output disk, but I do
>not understand the basis of the error/information messages.
OK...
>My question is, does slink_cd-1.04 find all of this software
>as mis-represented in the Packages file ? ; or is there
>other sinister forces at work....
The problem is with dpkg-scanpackages. It complains about any non-main
packages because it thinks they are in the wrong directories. The output
still works, of course. The man page says:
DIAGNOSTICS
dpkg-scanpackages outputs the usual self-explanatory
errors. It also warns about packages that are in the
wrong subdirectory, are duplicated, have a Filename field
in their control file, are missing from the override file,
or have maintainer substitutions which do not take effect.
Perhaps this particular warning should be turned off/down...
[snip list of warnings]
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