On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:36:08 +0900 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, Hi, thanks for the cc. > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 09:26:03PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > [1] lists apt-ftparchive as a tool to "move a collection of > > packages", which it doesn't appear to do (at least, none of the > > doco explains it, and a quick browse of the source doesn't > > enlighten me). apt-ftparchive can be replaced by reprepro. I think > > it would be worth updating this document to try and avoid confusing > > people who are trying to do something "the Debian way". > > I think apt-ftparchive is right tool but this documentation is to > blame. The apt-ftparchive command is used in our archive as I > understand. Is it used to generate packages/sources/contents lists, or to /move/ packages? > All other tools are for convienience tools for regular users and YMMV. > > I have updated usage guide for apt-fetarchive in Debian reference: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_small_public_package_archive In this example the moving seems to be done by dupload. (I can't test atm, but will try tomorrow) > At least apt-fetarchive is available on developer machine such as > people.debian.org: > > osamu@ravel:~$ type apt-ftparchive > apt-ftparchive is /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive > osamu@ravel:~$ type reprepro > -bash: type: reprepro: not found AIUI apt-utils is not installed by default, so for someone trying to decide what to use this is irrelevant. thanks, kk > > [1] > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.en.html#pools > > I marked all obsoleted documents to show their title with: > (Obsolete Documentation) > > I hope this helps these people coming to these pages via google > without seeing our main web pages. > > Osamu > -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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