Andreas Metzler <ametz...@downhill.at.eu.org> writes: > In gmane.linux.debian.devel.general Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org> wrote: >> Steve McIntyre wrote: >>> There are uses I've heard about, including (apparently quite common) >>> using CDs and DVDs to seed a mirror on a Windows server. > >> If I had to chose between that working, and not needing to worry about >> filename lengths, I'd choose the latter. > >>> >Is it possible to provide Joliet filenames for only a subset of files? > >>> It is, yes. But not something I'd like to do if we can avoid it. > >> One approach then would be to omit joliet filenames for the few long >> packages. This would not even impact your use case above much, since >> any mirror seeded from files from CDs needs a further sync step. > > Hello, > An alternative approach would be to use a different *filename* while > keeping the package name unchanged (This could be done on both mirrors > and CD.) Iirc apt/dpkg have absolutely no problem with "foo.deb" > containing version 1:3.2.1-11+squeeze2 of the > openoffice.org-report-builder-bin i386 package. I do not know about > dak, though. > > cu andreas
Doesn't work for sources as the dsc files are signed and therefore unalterable. Unless you want to teach dpkg about the renaming rules too. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y63xxbl1.fsf@frosties.localnet