Ben Kal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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.
The mini-dinstall package (not in stable, I don't think) is great for this. I think it does check that you have GPG-signed changes files for everything, though, which can be a slight pain. (The normal Debian package build process does give you these, and make-kpkg has good hooks for it, but individual kernel module packages don't necessarily support it well; I keep meaning to file bugs but never get around to it.) > 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, 'dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9 > Packages.gz' is actually sufficient for a single directory with just a bunch of packages. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
