Re: create Packages.gz file from directory

[joey@finlandia.infodrom.north.de (Martin Schulze)]

Christian Leutloff writes:

> 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??

There is dpkg-scanpackages somewhere.

Regards

	Joey

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