On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 11:41:45PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:49:53AM +0000, Nicholas Avenell wrote: > > Okay, A simple question, for which a simple answer would be appreciated: > > > > I am looking for a simple, step by set guide to turning a directory > > full of .deb files into something I can access with a sources.list entry. > > > > In this case, /var/cache/apt/archives/. > > > > it's currently set up as an nfs share accross the network, which is > > sub-optimal. I can work out how to get at it via ftp or http, but I've > > no idea how to make it able to be seen via an sources.list file. > > To access these .deb files via apt, you need Packages file. To build > Packages, just look at dpkg-scanpackages. To create an "override" > file, just > > touch override > > ie. empty file since you don't ususally need override.
Or indeed just use /dev/null. Remember to gzip the Packages file after creating it with dpkg-scanpackages, otherwise apt won't see it (and you'll get a misleading error message). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
