AMD64 CDs (was Re: New method for Packages/Sources file updates)

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Adding Reply-To: debian-cd, this part of the discussion is better off there.

Goswin writes:
>Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:
>
>> In article <87k6s360uq.fsf@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> you write:
>>>Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:
>>>
>>>1. What does the archive layout intrest you? You should be using the
>>>dir/file and filenames fields in the Sources/Packages file. If you
>>>need I can give you a simple shell script that extracts them quite
>>>efficiently.
>>
>> You'd hope that, yes. Almost all the code in debian-cd copes just
>> fine, but there are a couple of changes I've had to make for
>> amd64. Reviewing the diff:
>
>Is the patch on your homepage or similar? I would like to setup a
>daily D-I netinstall build with debian-cd once the core debs and udebs
>are all there (and prioritize any missing ones).
>
>The current script to create the netinstall cd I use works but doesn't
>give the same result (like docs, help texts, ... on the CD).

I've got a fairly old diff right now. I'll merge it forward and post a
diff later today - I have somebody asking me for amd64 CDs so I need
to do it anyway.

>>  * the generated docs and task lists don't list amd64 yet
>>  * tools/scanpackages needs to be educated about pool/unstable/$SECT
>>    in addition to pool/$SECT
>
>Right, for the files lists. But that looks like a minor change that can
>be easily reversed in about a week when the new structure is fully
>populated.

Yes, easily.

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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