Re: Generating pool-based package.gz files

2001-09-14 Thread James Brown
Mmmkay, so I'll have to populate my existing database from the Packages file and scan my local repository and override trees seperatly. Oh well :p - Ender > Obviously you use the Packages file we distribute... > > (If you're interested in the chicken-and-egg problem from Debian's POV, > we hav

Re: Generating pool-based package.gz files

2001-09-14 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:16:36PM +0800, James Brown wrote: > Glancing over the manpage it looks exactly the same as scanpackages but > more configurable not really any different from what I'm doing now. > > The problem is that the pool directory has potato, woody and sid files all > in one,

Re: Generating pool-based package.gz files

2001-09-14 Thread James Brown
Glancing over the manpage it looks exactly the same as scanpackages but more configurable not really any different from what I'm doing now. The problem is that the pool directory has potato, woody and sid files all in one, and I need to know how to only pick out the files from woody... - End

Re: Generating pool-based package.gz files

2001-09-14 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 02:43:17PM +0800, James Brown wrote: > Hey all, > Can anyone point me to any docummentation on how the package files > for woody and other pool-based distros are generated? apt-get install apt-utils; man apt-ftparchive Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROT

Generating pool-based package.gz files

2001-09-14 Thread James Brown
Hey all, Can anyone point me to any docummentation on how the package files for woody and other pool-based distros are generated? For a few months we have been using a dpkg-scanpackages style system to put our local package repository into mySQL, which is then used for a bunch of t