On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 23:21:00 +0900 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 10:25:33AM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:01:00 +0900 > > Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote: > > > > Is it used to generate packages/sources/contents lists, or > > > > to /move/ packages? > > > > > > No. > > > > Sorry, not sure what this no is directed at. Both parts of the > > question? > > OOps. > > It is used to generate packages/sources/contents lists only. > It does not /move/. Which brings us back to the first point. [1] states "apt-ftparchive is used to move a collection of Debian package files ...". But it _does_ _not_ move anything! It generates files. it doesn't _move_ them. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.en.html#pools > > > > > All other tools are for convienience tools for regular users > > > > > and YMMV. > > > > > > "move" is part of "convienience" :-) > > > > > > Soooo... does apt-ftparchive move packages? > > No. dupload does. In real debian archive, DAK does, I think. This is my understanding too (Having downloaded dak and started reading its doco). > http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository > > I just find this with google. > > Osamu Thanks for working through this with me, kk -- 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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