apt-get: ftp vs. http (was: My first package/Mutt patch)
Hi,
Am Montag, 07. Mär 2005, 11:39:41 +0100 schrieb Geert Stappers:
> Please rise _one_ topic in E-mail.
Sorry! That was no good idea.
> > >2. I installed the Debian files to
> > > `/home/ftp/pub/debian-private/pool/...'. Putting an FTP
> > > entry into `sources.list' and installing with
> > > `apt-get upgrade' leads to the above result. But when
> > > I write
> > > deb http://localhost/mydebian woody bs
> > > `apt-get update' encounters
> > > Err http://localhost woody/bs Packages
> > > 404 Not Found
> > > Ign http://localhost woody/bs Release
> > > ...
> > > Failed to fetch
> > > http://localhost/mydebian/dists/woody/bs/binary-i386/Packages 404
> > >Not Found
> > [some RTFM]
> Summary: This mini-HOWTO shows how to build a minimal Debian .deb package.
> The original poster has a .deb package. The question is about
> how to setup an apt archive.
Thank you very much.
> Those who have an URL for that topic, _please_ change the Subject: line.
The `http' method seems to need a gzipped file
`Packages.gz'; the `ftp' method can be satisfied with a
plain one. Not very nice.
Bertram
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