> vermaden wrote in :
> > > you almost certainly want to be using make update-packages here
> > > (see build(7)) to avoid changing the version number of packages
> > > whose contents haven't changed.
> >
> > Even for the first time I should run 'make update-packages'
> > instead 'make packages'?
>
> if there's no existing repository it makes no difference, so it's
> simplest to always use update-packages and never use make packages.
Yep - that simplifies things ... and automation/scripting :)
Thanks,
vermaden