Re: packages in the old format (was Re: Upcoming Debian Releases)
Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@noah.dfis.ull.es> writes:
> (the last dpkg versions don't recognize the old-format packages, so
> a dselect install run over a local mirror of unstable will always fail
> in the main section, thus skipping contrib and non-free).
Are you sure? It seems to work ok for me
femto[/cdrom/stable/binary-i386/x11]$ file xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb
xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb: old Debian binary package (format 0.939000)
femto[/cdrom/stable/binary-i386/x11]$ dpkg-deb -f xkeycaps_2.29-3.deb
PACKAGE: xkeycaps
VERSION: 2.29-3
ARCHITECTURE: i386
MAINTAINER: Robert Leslie <rob@mars.org>
DEPENDS: libc5, elf-x11r6lib
SUGGESTS: xbaseR6
SECTION: x11
DESCRIPTION: Graphical front-end to xmodmap.
xkeycaps is a graphical front-end to xmodmap. It opens a
window that looks like a keyboard; moving the mouse over a
key shows what KeySyms and Modifier bits that key
generates. Clicking on a key simulates KeyPress/KeyRelease
events on the window of your choice. It is possible to
change the KeySyms and Modifiers generated by a key through
a mouse-based interface. This program can also write an
input file for xmodmap to recreate your changes in future
sessions.
femto[/cdrom/stable/binary-i386/x11]$ dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile xkeycaps_2.29-3.de
b | tar tvf -
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/doc/copyright/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 821 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/doc/copyright/xkeycaps
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/X11R6/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/X11R6/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 635132 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/X11R6/bin/xkeycaps
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/X11R6/man/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/X11R6/man/man1/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 27968 1996-04-12 10:49 usr/X11R6/man/man1/xkeycaps.1x
femto[/cdrom/stable/binary-i386/x11]$ dpkg --version
Debian Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.4.0.19 (i386 elf).
Copyright 1994-1996 Ian Jackson, Bruce Perens. This is free software;
see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty. See dpkg --licence for details.
Guy
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