Re: unofficial apt source setup
John H. Robinson, IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: does anyone know how to create a proper Release file? If by 'proper' you mean a file that apt won't complain about: just use touch. Otherwise, just use an existing one (e.g. /var/lib/apt/lists/*_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Release) as a template, and change as appropriate. I know of no location where the format is documented, or of any case where it is used. YMMV. -- Robbe signature.ng Description: PGP signature
Re: unofficial apt source setup
John H. Robinson, IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: does anyone know how to create a proper Release file? If by 'proper' you mean a file that apt won't complain about: just use touch. Otherwise, just use an existing one (e.g. /var/lib/apt/lists/*_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Release) as a template, and change as appropriate. I know of no location where the format is documented, or of any case where it is used. YMMV. -- Robbe signature.ng Description: PGP signature
Re: unofficial apt source setup
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:43:38 -0500, Scott Dier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011007 19:44]: Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and 'sources' options to it. Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources by hand. http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/apt-gettable/apt-gettable/index.html -- Oohara Yuuma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate-school of Science, Kyoto University PGP Key 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]
Re: unofficial apt source setup
Warren Turkal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where do I find some info on setting up an unofficial apt source? In apt-ftparchive(1), which comes with apt-utils. -- Robbe signature.ng Description: PGP signature
Re: unofficial apt source setup
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 09:43:38PM -0500, Scott Dier wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011007 19:44]: Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and 'sources' options to it. Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources by hand. been there, done that, and nothing will create the Release file that can be found on the debian archives. it seems as if it is not required, but i dislike the warning messages that apt-get update gives me. does anyone know how to create a proper Release file? -john -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: unofficial apt source setup
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:43:38 -0500, Scott Dier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011007 19:44]: Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and 'sources' options to it. Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources by hand. http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/apt-gettable/apt-gettable/index.html -- Oohara Yuuma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate-school of Science, Kyoto University PGP Key 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
Re: unofficial apt source setup
Warren Turkal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where do I find some info on setting up an unofficial apt source? In apt-ftparchive(1), which comes with apt-utils. -- Robbe signature.ng Description: PGP signature
Re: unofficial apt source setup
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 09:43:38PM -0500, Scott Dier wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011007 19:44]: Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and 'sources' options to it. Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources by hand. been there, done that, and nothing will create the Release file that can be found on the debian archives. it seems as if it is not required, but i dislike the warning messages that apt-get update gives me. does anyone know how to create a proper Release file? -john
Re: unofficial apt source setup
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 03:26:17PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: Where do I find some info on setting up an unofficial apt source? Warren Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and 'sources' options to it. -- ;; ;; Matthew Danish email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;; ;; OpenPGP public key available from:'finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]' ;; ;; -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: unofficial apt source setup
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 03:26:17PM -0500, Warren Turkal wrote: Where do I find some info on setting up an unofficial apt source? Warren Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and 'sources' options to it. -- ;; ;; Matthew Danish email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;; ;; OpenPGP public key available from:'finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]' ;; ;;
Re: unofficial apt source setup
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011007 19:44]: Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and 'sources' options to it. Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources by hand. -- Scott Dier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ringworld.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. - Justice Thurgood Marshall (1989)
