Re: Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-14 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:34:47PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: apt-ftparchive(1) or dpkg-scanpackages(8), take your pick. OK, I've patched together an override file and used dpkg-scanpackages to create Packages. I've added deb http://bradley/debian westling main to /etc/apt/sources.list. But

Re: Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-14 Thread Colin Watson
Dave Sherohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:34:47PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: apt-ftparchive(1) or dpkg-scanpackages(8), take your pick. OK, I've patched together an override file and used dpkg-scanpackages to create Packages. I've added deb http://bradley/debian westling

Re: Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-14 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 08:06:17PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: You need to gzip the Packages file (and the Sources file, if you have one). I filed bug #65839 against dpkg-dev about this almost a year ago now, but haven't heard anything back. Maybe I should put together a patch. Well, that

Re: Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-13 Thread Colin Watson
John Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:34 PM 6/12/01 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Dave Sherohman wrote: Does any tool currently exist that will create an archive of this sort for me? If not, where can I find documentation on setting it up manually? apt-ftparchive(1) or dpkg-scanpackages(8),

Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-12 Thread Dave Sherohman
I'm looking to set up a local debian archive which largely ignores the offical site. apt-move looked promising, but it's too concerned with mirroring. I want to have a directory on a fileserver that I can just throw debs into and have them (in an apt-move like fashion) turned into a usable

Re: Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-12 Thread Joey Hess
Dave Sherohman wrote: Does any tool currently exist that will create an archive of this sort for me? If not, where can I find documentation on setting it up manually? apt-ftparchive(1) or dpkg-scanpackages(8), take your pick. You really need to do something about your broken mailer, btw:

Re: Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-12 Thread John Griffiths
At 11:34 PM 6/12/01 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Dave Sherohman wrote: Does any tool currently exist that will create an archive of this sort for me? If not, where can I find documentation on setting it up manually? apt-ftparchive(1) or dpkg-scanpackages(8), take your pick. You really need to do

Re: Local non-mirror debian archive

2001-06-12 Thread Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, John Griffiths wrote: walrus:/home/john# apt-cache show apt-ftparchive W: Unable to locate package apt-ftparchive walrus:/home/john# man apt-ftparchive No manual entry for apt-ftparchive walrus:/home/john# apt-cache search apt-ftparchive walrus:/home/john# what's