Re: Repository-problem

[Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl>]

Osamu Aoki schreef:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:25:38AM +0200, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a very simple test-repository:
>> deb http://www.vandervlis.nl/debian/ ./
> 
> I suspect this old simple repository is not compatible with secure apt.
>  
>> It works, but it was not signed. Now I try to get the signing OK, but
>> when I do an apt-get update I get this error:
>>
>> Failed to fetch http://www.vandervlis.nl/debian/./Release  Unable to
>> find expected entry  Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
>>
>> What will be wrong?
>> Please take a look to my Release-file:
>> http://www.vandervlis.nl/debian/Release
>>
>> The code is only Perl and bash, so I can use it for all architectures.
> 
> There are 2 Release file with different purpose.  With secure APT, you
> need particular one.
>   
> Please read new Debian Reference package in lenny or:
> in http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html there
> are few interesting parts for you:
> 
>  http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#toplevelreleasefeandauthenticity
>  http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#archivelevelreleasefiles
>  http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#smallpublicpackagearchive

Thanks for your help Osamu!

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.




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