sources.list and local dir question

["Frank A. Uepping" <trash@spamgourmet.com>]

Hello,
I have added a local directory to sources.list:
        echo "deb file:/usr/local/software/debian stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
Further I have created a directory tree:
        mkdir -p /usr/local/software/debian/stable/non-free
and put my .deb files in there.

Then I did apt-get update which fails with:
        Failed to fetch file:/usr/local/software/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages  File not found

Apparently I need to add a binary-i386/Packages file, maybe other administratives too.

How to setup such a local package distribution?

/FAU