On Sun, 08 May 2011, Ciaran Smith wrote:
> My confusion begins with these files:
> /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
Read the apt source and any documentation on its internals.
> /var/lib/dpkg/status
> /var/lib/dpkg/available
Read the dpkg source, and possibly the dselect source (ick), as well as
the
On 20110508_110206, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/08/2011 06:51 AM, Ciaran Smith wrote:
> >Hi
> >I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this stage.
> [snip]
> >I figure I need to understand how dpkg works because apt builds on top
> >of it.
> >How this is not too many question
On 08/05/2011 17:02, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 05/08/2011 06:51 AM, Ciaran Smith wrote:
Hi
I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this
stage.
[snip]
I figure I need to understand how dpkg works because apt builds on top
of it.
How this is not too many questions and thanks
On 05/08/2011 06:51 AM, Ciaran Smith wrote:
Hi
I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this stage.
[snip]
I figure I need to understand how dpkg works because apt builds on top
of it.
How this is not too many questions and thanks in advance for the help,
Why?
Curiosit
Hi
I have read up on Debian Package Management as much as I can at this stage.
Thanks to the Debian Policy manual, I understand how the remote
repositories are structured
and how sources.list is used to consult the repositories to locate updates.
I understand what is contained in a package file a
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