Contents file [was Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!]
But certainly this was intended to be an automated feature, right?
Is it a flag that you give to dpkg, or the compiled default in some
later version (I'm running 1.4.0.34, and have no Contents), or just
the result of a bunch of Debian users deciding it was a Good Idea
to schedule a cron job to download this file and put it in /var/lib/dpkg?
The way this file was referred to in this thread, it really sounded
like it was something that should exist, unless you took specific
steps to remove it from your system. Have I inadvertently taken
such a step? I don't know what the difference is between the
"available" file (which does exist) and the "Contents" file. The
former gave me the information I needed when I put it to the test,
looking for software that produces thumbnail images, in response
to another post on this list.
Marc
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>>> "Eric Gillespie, Jr." <epgilles@olemiss.edu> 06/12 2:01 PM >>>
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 10:08:04PM -0500,
ktb <xyf@inetnebr.com> wrote:
> I kind of hate to jump into a string like this but at the risk of
> sounding real stupid how can one create this
> /var/lib/dpkg/Contents-i386.gz file. I've searched for it on my Slink
> system and it just isn't there. I took a look at the dpkg man page and
> see no reference to the file. I see that you can look for packages in
> /var/lib/dpkg/available but that's not the same.
> Thanks,
> kent
>
You can pull it out of your Debian mirror from dists/slink/Contents-i386.gz
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