On 03/17/2017 08:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
As I have limited bandwidth, I install from DVDs. Also I frequently experiment with various options by doing a fresh install to a different partition. It is annoying to keep re-scanning a set of 13 DVDs. Where is the information stored? /etc/apt/sources.list is obvious, but where is the data about contents of each DVD stored? TIA
It had been suggested that all the needed information might be in
/etc/apt/sources.list
PLUS
the /var/lib/apt directory
It ain't :{
I'll scan the DVD's as I have an immediate need to add several packages
to my current active install.
About 18 months to 2 years ago someone had suggested in a totally unrelated thread a brute force method to trace file modifications which are either undocumented or incompletely documented. I'll search my personal archives for that methodology and apply it.
As I have time available, I'll try to document the validity of any extension of that approach. Don't expect posts in the near term to this thread as I have projects with higher priority. Even for a retiree there only so many hours in a week ;/