Re: jigdo and its files
On Thu December 14 2006 19:06, Peter Colton wrote:
> On Friday 15 December 2006 02:53, Alan Ianson wrote:
> > On Thu December 14 2006 18:29, Peter Colton wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I been using jigdo for the dvd images of Etch "testing" over the last
> > > couple of mouths. From :
> > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/jigdo-dvd/
> > > The jigdo files I downloaded where in the format of :
> > > debian-testing-i386-DVD-1.jigdo
> > > debian-testing-i386-DVD-1.template : and so on
> > >
> > > But now there is more jigdo files in the format of :
> > > debian-testing-i386-DVD-binary-1.jigdo
> > > debian-testing-i386-DVD-binary-1.template
> > >
> > > So the question is whats the difference ? and which format of jigdo
> > > file do I use ?
> >
> > Hard to say why that is, looks like the ones without -binary in the name
> > are newer so maybe the names have changed?
> >
> > I had a look in a few other arch's and they don't have any -binary in the
> > filenames, those are the ones I would get. The -binary means the iso's
> > are for binary packages as opposed to -source packages.
>
> Thanks for your replie Alan
>
> As you pointed out in the other arch's its just :
> debian-testing-arch's-DVD-1.jigdo
>
> So this jigdo file type as the source and the binary for the package ?
I think this is binary packages just as before but the -binary is assumed. The
source iso's have -source in the filename. That's just an uneducated guess
though.. :)
> Where as the :
> debian-testing-i386-DVD-binary-1.jigdo
> Is for just the binary packages ?
>
> Regards : peter colton
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