Re: Compiling 2.4.18-BF from apt-get source
On 2 Jun 2003 Jesse Meyer <meyer@btinet.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Kevin McKinley wrote:
>
> That being said, then how do you then remake the kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4
> package? I could just replace the kernel image without telling dpkg, but
> that doesn't seem to be a good idea. Life's easier when I don't go
> behind the package manager's back.
One more tip for dealing with Debian packages of custom kernels and other
home-brewn 'Debianized' software: it is possible to maintain a local archive
of Debian packages, on your hard disk, from which you can install packages
with apt-get just like from a cd or an ftp site. If the directory you put
such a local arhive in were
/var/lib/deb
you would have to specify it in /etc/apt/sources.list as
deb file:/var/lib/ deb/
man dpkg-scanpackages provides more information on setting up a local Debian
archive.
It takes some trouble to add packages to (or remove them from) a local
archive. In particular, after every addition or removal one has to run
dpkg-scanpackages with the right parameters, and apt-get update, to update
the list of available packages. I have automated this with two scripts and
since then it has been very easy to work with my local Debian archive.
Regards,
Ben
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tel +31 23 5324909, benkal@euronet.nl
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