On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 06:27:17AM -0700, Jack Bates wrote: > The dpkg-scanpackages manpage notes: > > Note: If you want to access the generated Packages file with apt you > will probably need to compress the file with gzip(1) (generating a > Packages.gz file). apt ignores uncompressed Packages files except on > local access (i.e. file:// sources). > > However APT now seems to require a Packages.bz2 file. Thanks, Jack
It prefers a Packages.bz2 file but it will happily use a Packages.gz file, too. So the above is not false. Maybe we want to mention both gzip and bzip, though. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
