Re: .deb packages from outside debian/dists/ ?
Andreas Hetzmannseder <hetzmann@netway.at> writes:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 12:04:01AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
>> dpkg -i blah.deb
>> [...]
>
> If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into
> trouble?
Of what sort? dpkg doesn't need the package file to uninstall an
installed package.
> One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package:
...
> Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list:
The only thing this gains you is having your packages not be
advertised as "obsolete or locally installed" in dselect or aptitude.
It also might be a win if you're sharing custom packages between
several machines using a local Web server or a shared filesystem.
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