Generating 'Packages' file ?

Is it possible to automatically generate the 'Packages' file for a directory containing (local) Debian packages ? Thanks for your help, Johannes Plass -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Generating 'Packages' file ?

Yes, you can make a packages file by running dpkg-scanpackages. Check out its man page on your Debian system. Thanks Bruce -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Generating 'Packages' file ?

Johannes Plass [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it possible to automatically generate the 'Packages' file for a directory containing (local) Debian packages ? Yes, dpkg-scanpackages(8) is the command to create Packages files. It has a thorough man page. You may need to install dpkg and dpkg-dev