<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally >downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, >dpkg-scan-packages dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to >create the appropriate Packages & Release files and directory structure. >apt-move doesn't like ftp.is.co.za 's dir structure and just generally >seemed not to work. dpkg-scanpackages requires me to create a override >file ... lots of manual work and faulty.
You can use /dev/null as an override file and just use the sections and priorities from the packages. Or try apt-ftparchive if you happen to be running testing/unstable and have apt-utils installed. Those are the only tools I know of that will create the Packages file. Note that you need to gzip the Packages file if you use dpkg-scanpackages; I think apt-ftparchive will do that for you. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
