Re: Package Repository
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:32:10 -0600
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 11:41:45PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:49:53AM +0000, Nicholas Avenell wrote:
> > > Okay, A simple question, for which a simple answer would be appreciated:
> > >
> > > I am looking for a simple, step by set guide to turning a directory
> > > full of .deb files into something I can access with a sources.list entry.
> > >
> > > In this case, /var/cache/apt/archives/.
> > >
> > > it's currently set up as an nfs share accross the network, which is
> > > sub-optimal. I can work out how to get at it via ftp or http, but I've
> > > no idea how to make it able to be seen via an sources.list file.
> >
> > To access these .deb files via apt, you need Packages file. To build
> > Packages, just look at dpkg-scanpackages. To create an "override"
> > file, just
> >
> > touch override
> >
> > ie. empty file since you don't ususally need override.
>
> Or indeed just use /dev/null.
>
> Remember to gzip the Packages file after creating it with
> dpkg-scanpackages, otherwise apt won't see it (and you'll get a
> misleading error message).
Hmm, maybe that reduces the file space. But I have NEVER gzip'ped the
Packages file for my internal apt-get source (which tracks unstable).
apt-get has no problems seeing it. Is this one of those
potato-does-it-differently things?
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