On 31 Jul 2007 09:53:16 -0400 Ian Zimmerman <itz@madbat.mine.nu> wrote: > Neil> Time for a bug report, I think. But in order to actually get the > Neil> thing working, I need more help. I wish you'd included the fact that the original email is from: Date: 2006-07-28 21:09 +100 It's very confusing getting a reply from an email that old! http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/07/msg00345.html > Have you ever filed the report? I can't find it searching on b.d.o. Didn't need to - I switched to reprepro instead. mini-dinstall isn't really designed for my kind of repository and I didn't see any point filing a bug report to make mini-dinstall more like reprepro when reprepro was (and is) simply a better choice for anything more than a very simple repository. > And this is my main question: have you figured out what causes this error? Yes - the error is caused by not using reprepro. :-) > Let me describe my situation: I have a flat (single directory) archive > of personal debs. I see absolutely no point in maintaining "code names" > and "suites" and what not. reprepro doesn't force these on you but it does not stop you adding them later either. > I generate the Packages.gz file by > > cd /var/local/debian && apt-ftparchive packages ./ | gzip - > Packages.gz Yuk. There should be no need to do this. > and the Release file by > > cd /var/local/debian && apt-ftparchive release ./ > /tmp/Release && mv /tmp/Release . Nor that. > All this works flawlessly until I introduce signing. As soon as I add a Release.gpg > file (generated by cd /var/local/debian && gpg -abs -o Release.gpg Release) > apt-get starts giving me the above error message. Now the wording made me think > that perhaps perhaps I should NOT compress the Packages file, so I tried to omit > the gzip step above. But then apt-get complains it cannot retrieve Packages file! No. The error is because mini-dinstall doesn't support what you want. > <rant> > It seems the security layer of apt was a quick hack which introduced this sort > of confusion, instead of the thoughtful redesign it needed. > </rant> No. IMHO mini-dinstall is the quick hack which isn't capable of supporting advanced features like SecureApt. Use the right tool for the job. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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