Re: How do I add CD's to dselect package list?
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:55:02PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote:
> > Thanks,
> > The CD's prolly are not in the correct directory structure - where do I go
> > to find out about the correct structure?
> > These are CD's I just burned myself with .debs, tarballs, and such.
>
> Ah. You can't just tell apt to use any old pile of debs, they need to
> be in a particular directory structure with certain special files.
They don't really need to be in a particular directory structure; that's
just convention. As long as you have the certain special files (i.e.
Packages.gz, and Sources.gz if necessary), then the Filename: fields in
those .debs will sort it out.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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