"Robin Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In response to a question from me about how to make use of the .debs I'd
> accumulated in /var/cache/apt during a re-install several people helpfully
> suggested I did
> 
> dpkg -scanpackages
      ^
> 
> Well, I tried and failed.  

Try "dpkg-scanpackages" without a space.

> Looking at the man and info pages for dpkg I
> don't see any scan capability.  What do I have to install to get this
> feature?

dpkg-dev

-- 
Thomas Weinbrenner

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