On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Searching the Changelog directories for updated packages (r1 to r6) > and installing them with dpkg is a bit tedious. I imagine dpkg-ftp works > well in the case of getting non-free packages from a remote site. > > Is there a way to point dselect at local or remote directories such that > it will "merge" in the new and updated packages? Dselect would then show > them in the "Newly Available" and "Updated Packages" sections of the > selection screen. > > Looking at dpkg-ftp, it kinda looks like it might do all this (by fetching > the complete Packages file?) but there's no DOC that explains what's > really going on. Wouldn't you loose track of what files had to be > retrieved remotely and which ones where actually on your local CD?
Hi, You might want to use: dpkg-scanpackages binarypath overridefile pathprefix > Packages and then dpkg --merge-avail <Packages-file> merge with info from file You can get the overridefile from the indices directory in the archive, but I think you can only run it on packages in a mounted filesystem. If you hack up a Packages file in a clever way you might even be able to let dselect get the packages from the ftp site. Letting dselect install them from a local filesystem is much easier, but that would again require you to dig them out of the ftp site manually. If it is for purpose of keeping a local mirror, then it is probably interesting to look into these tools. They have manpages too. Too bad indeed that there is no global tell-all-the-gory-details-but-do-in-simple-words-with-nice-examples kind of document yet. I intend to write something like that, but until now I have not had the time to really sit down for it. If you want to do me a favor, then tell me about your experiences and I can maybe use them for such HOWTO. Success, Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
