Hi, I have created my own apt simple repository
# ls -1 /home/code/apt Contents Contents-i386.gz Packages Packages.gz db libconfig-properties-perl_1.70-1_all.deb I can install the package from that apt repository # cat <<EOF >> /etc/apt/sources.list deb file:///home/code/apt ./ EOF # apt-get update Ign file: ./ Release.gpg Ign file: ./ Release Ign file: ./ Packages ... # apt-get install libconfig-properties-perl ... # perl -MConfig::Properties -e 'print($Config::Properties::VERSION."\n");' 1.70 Great. That works. I cannot seem to get apt-file to download the Contents-i386.gz file. # apt-file update Can't get http://security.debian.org/dists/lenny/updates/Contents-i386.gz Even if I delete the /home/code/apt/Contents-i386.gz file, "apt-file update" doesn't complain that the file is missing. It is as if "apt-file update" isn't even trying to get that file. # apt-file search Config::Properties liblog-handler-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Log::Handler::Plugin::Config::Properties.3pm.gz My package libconfig-properties-perl_1.70-1_all.deb is not in the search results, of course. What to do to get "apt-file update" behaving properly? (I'm using dh-make-perl which uses apt-file to locate prerequisite packages and that is how I ran into this problem.) Thanks, Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org