On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:20:06PM +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > > > >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. `gzip Packages` produces the Packages.gz I'm very happy that each time I run `apt-get update` that I'm downloading Packages.gz and _not_ the Packages. > > Bertram Cheers Geert Stappers -- Becoming a DD is being a DD
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