Build Packages-file

[Frank Grimm]

Hello,

I'm wondering if it is possible to build the Packages-file that tells apt
about packages in a directory-tree, on my own. What I mean is: you have
some unofficial .deps and want to use "apt-get install one_package" so
dependencies are solved by apt. I think it is necessary that there is an
Packages and Packages.gz so apt can create cache entries for this
unofficial packages, like the Packages/Packages.gz contained in the
distribution tree, e.g. 
/ftp/pub/debian/2.2r0/bin_1/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/Packages{.gz}.

The content of these files is similar to output of dpkg -f a_dep_pkg.dep,
but there are some entries missing.

Thanks, Frank Grimm.
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Re: Build Packages-file

[Bob Hilliard]

Frank Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm wondering if it is possible to build the Packages-file that tells apt
> about packages in a directory-tree, on my own. 

 man dpkg-scanpackages

 (dpkg-scanpackages is in the dpkg-dev package)

Bob 
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Re: Build Packages-file

[Frank Grimm]

On 3 Feb 2001, Bob Hilliard wrote:

> Frank Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > I'm wondering if it is possible to build the Packages-file that tells apt
> > about packages in a directory-tree, on my own. 
> 
>  man dpkg-scanpackages
> 
>  (dpkg-scanpackages is in the dpkg-dev package)
> 
> Bob 

Thanks, Frank.
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