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apt-ftparchive alternatives (was: Hard Rust requirements from May onward)



On 2025-11-03 13:22:28 +0100 (+0100), David Kalnischkies wrote:
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apt-ftparchive, an aging tool, which as far as I know sees its only serious usage by your employer in the form of Launchpad, right?
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A quick sidebar: what more modern alternatives do folks recommend? For years (decades?) I've used apt-ftparchive release, followed by gpg --clear-sign of InRelease, for a quick command-line solution to create small personal secure-APT compatible Debian package repositories. Is there something else similarly simple these days?
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Jeremy Stanley

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