Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

[Igor Mozetic <igor.mozetic@uni-mb.si>]

> My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as
> obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to the
> package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and the

Generate local Packages.gz of your debs, eg, in my mirror I use:

dpkg-scanpackages dists/potato/local/binary-i386 \
   dists/potato/local/binary-i386/override.local.gz | \
   gzip -c > dists/potato/local/binary-i386/Packages.gz

-Igor Mozetic