[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonas Steverud) wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) writes: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonas Steverud) wrote: >[...] >> >The only problem with this is dselect will tell you the packages made >> >by equivs are obsolete - but I maybe did some wrong when I deleted the >> >.debs? Anyone who knows? >> >> Obsolete/local, strictly: it's the "local" bit that's relevant to you. >> You can safely ignore this, but if you recreate the .debs and run 'dpkg >> -A package.deb' then I believe they'll be recorded in the available file >> and therefore not listed as local. > >But it will still list the package as obsolete, right?
"not listed as obsolete/local", I should have said. But ... >I mean, the ftpserver will not list it as available and if I'm not >misstaken dselect then thinks it's obsolete. > >The issue isn't that very great, it's just a minor source for >irritation - and only sometimes - and I was mostly curious wheather >there was something I've overlooked. Ah ... indeed, you're right; now that I've tried it, it works right up to an update. In that case you might want to investigate setting up your own private repository of packages using dpkg-scanpackages; it's not too difficult to do with a bit of trial and error. I'm happy to help you with this if you have problems. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
