emarsk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From the tree where the packages are (they can be in one or more > subdirs) type: > > touch override > #(scanpackages need an override file, that can be blank) > > dpkg-scanpackages ./ override > Packages > #I tried Packages.gz and did't work
You can successfully use /dev/null as an override file. If you want a Packages.gz file, as the filename suggests, it should be gzipped. dpkg-scanpackages ./ /dev/null | gzip -c9 > Packages.gz > apt-setup > > From apt-setup choose to manually edit the conf file end add the > line ...or fire up $EDITOR on /etc/apt/sources.list yourself. -- 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]
