Re: Getting dselect to read .deb files without Packages,Release,etc files

2001-03-28 Thread csj
On Tuesday 27 March 2001 23:15, Colin Watson wrote: > Those are the only tools I know of that will create the Packages > file. Note that you need to gzip the Packages file if you use > dpkg-scanpackages; I think apt-ftparchive will do that for you. I don't think so. All the programs in my syst

Re: GLUG: Getting dselect to read .deb files without Packages,Release,etc files

2001-03-27 Thread Craig Balfour
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 04:16:07PM +0200, Eugene van Zyl wrote: > How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally > downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, dpkg-scan-packages > dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to create the appropriate > Pa

Re: Getting dselect to read .deb files without Packages,Release,etc files

2001-03-27 Thread Colin Watson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally >downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, >dpkg-scan-packages dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to >create the appropriate Packages & Release files and directory structur

Re: Getting dselect to read .deb files without Packages,Release,etc files

2001-03-27 Thread ktb
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 04:16:07PM +0200, Eugene van Zyl wrote: > Hi, > > How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally > downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, dpkg-scan-packages > dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to create the appropria

Getting dselect to read .deb files without Packages,Release,etc files

2001-03-27 Thread Eugene van Zyl
Hi, How do I get dselect or another apt frontend tool read and use locally downloaded .deb files for which I'm unable (read apt-move, dpkg-scan-packages dosn't do it - I don't know how to get it to) to create the appropriate Packages & Release files and directory structure. apt-move doesn't lik