On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:59:23 +1100, Mitchell Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also is there a way I can set up my own http / ftp site that can be used as a source >for apt-get so people can install the > unofficial packages? for a potato system and the http method: http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/apt-gettable/apt-gettable/index.html
On a woody system, apt-ftparchive(1) (in the apt-utils package) is also available. It is almost the same as dpkg-scanpackages(8) or dpkg-scansources(8). The differences are: * If there are two or more versions of the same package in the binary tree, dpkg-scanpackages complains and picks one randomly, while apt-ftparchive generates the Packages file for every version. * If you use apt-ftparchive, the override file is completely optional. If it is not specified, the priority and the section of a package is scanned from the control file of the package. * Optionally, apt-ftparchive can generate the contents file. If you have root privilege on your web server, debarchiver may be useful. -- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Graduate-school of Science, Kyoto University PGP key (key ID F464A695) http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/pub-key.txt Key fingerprint = 6142 8D07 9C5B 159B C170 1F4A 40D6 F42E F464 A695 I always put away what I take. --- Ryuji Akai, "Star away" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
