create Packages.gz file from directory

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Subject: create Packages.gz file from directory
From: Christian Leutloff <leutloff@abraxas.oche.de>
Date: 17 Jun 1997 20:46:06 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 87hgex9ifl.fsf@abraxas.burg.oche.de>

Hello!

I want to create a Packages.gz file for local files, i.e. on a CD-ROM
or ZIP floppy.

Using

dpkg --record-avail -R /usr/src/deb

it's possible to get the information "manually", but how can I write
it to a file??

(dpkg version was 1.4.0.8)

Thanks
     Christian

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