Re: apt-get, upgrade, /var/cache/apt/archives

[Antonio Rodriguez <arodriguez@worldnet.att.net>]

I haven't found any package called dpkg-scanpackages. I searched the deb
site, can't find it. can you be more explicit?
Thanks

Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:

> Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
>
> > Questions:
> > 1:) What is the best way to make apt-get use the /archives folder to
> > perform the upgrade and return the system to stage 2. above?
> > 2:) Perhaps some other feature can be added to apt-get to allow this
> > reconstruction to occur in a smooth way? That would save bunches of
> > bandwidth, etc, etc...
>
> Read the docs about dpkg-scanpackages (which creates a Packages file) and
> about apt-get (use a file:// line in /etc/apt/sources.list).
>
>   Ulf