Re: dselect sources
On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 02:19:28PM -0700, Bedford, Donald T. wrote:
> From where does dselect get it's [A]ccess list (cdrom, file, nfs,
> etc.)? Is there a dir or file that is read ( /etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg
> perhaps)?
It's constructed by looking through /usr/lib/dpkg/methods and
/usr/local/lib/dpkg/methods (the latter won't exist on most systems) for
files called 'names'. The other files in those directories provide the
methods' extended descriptions and implement the methods themselves.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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