Andreas Hetzmannseder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 12:04:01AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: >> dpkg -i blah.deb >> [...] > > If you decided to uninstall 'blah.deb', wouldn't you run into > trouble?
Of what sort? dpkg doesn't need the package file to uninstall an installed package. > One may create a 'Packages' file for some extra deb-package: ... > Additional entry in /etc/apt/sources.list: The only thing this gains you is having your packages not be advertised as "obsolete or locally installed" in dselect or aptitude. It also might be a win if you're sharing custom packages between several machines using a local Web server or a shared filesystem. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
