Re: can't install from a local repository

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 09:13:11AM -0700, Eric Winger wrote:

> The Packages.gz was created with: (from inside ~/archive/binary)
> 
> apt-ftparchive packages . > /dev/null | gzip > Packages.gz
> 
> The Sources.gz was created with: (from inside ~/archive/binary)
> 
> apt-ftparchive sources . > /dev/null | gzip > Sources.gz
> [...]
> sources.list singly entry:
> 
> deb file:///home/ewinger/archive binary/

These are incompatible.  Either create Packages relative to archive (not
binary), or use

deb file:///home/ewinger/archive/binary ./

or such

-- 
 - mdz