On 2 Jun 2003 Jesse Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Kevin McKinley wrote: > > That being said, then how do you then remake the kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4 > package? I could just replace the kernel image without telling dpkg, but > that doesn't seem to be a good idea. Life's easier when I don't go > behind the package manager's back.
One more tip for dealing with Debian packages of custom kernels and other home-brewn 'Debianized' software: it is possible to maintain a local archive of Debian packages, on your hard disk, from which you can install packages with apt-get just like from a cd or an ftp site. If the directory you put such a local arhive in were /var/lib/deb you would have to specify it in /etc/apt/sources.list as deb file:/var/lib/ deb/ man dpkg-scanpackages provides more information on setting up a local Debian archive. It takes some trouble to add packages to (or remove them from) a local archive. In particular, after every addition or removal one has to run dpkg-scanpackages with the right parameters, and apt-get update, to update the list of available packages. I have automated this with two scripts and since then it has been very easy to work with my local Debian archive. Regards, Ben -- B.F.M. Kal Anjelierstraat 1, 2014 TC Haarlem, Netherlands tel +31 23 5324909, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
