Re: dpkg-scanpackages instructions on the Debian wiki

2018-05-15 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2018-05-15 16:12 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > It seems that the dpkg-scanpackages instructions on the Debian wiki > are wrong. In the generated Packages file, for libltdl7, I get only: > > Package: libltdl7 > Source: libtool > Version: 2.4.6-2.1+local2 > Architectu

dpkg-scanpackages instructions on the Debian wiki

2018-05-15 Thread Vincent Lefevre
It seems that the dpkg-scanpackages instructions on the Debian wiki are wrong. In the generated Packages file, for libltdl7, I get only: Package: libltdl7 Source: libtool Version: 2.4.6-2.1+local2 Architecture: i386 Maintainer: Kurt Roeckx Installed-Size: 417 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Filen

Re: Problem understanding/using dpkg-scanpackages

2013-11-07 Thread Zenaan Harkness
st ran, which seems to work, as I'll show below. .. >> Next, I ran the following command (many warnings are produced): >> dpkg-scanpackages . | gzip - > Packages.gz >> Next I added the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list, commenting >> out all other lines in t

Re: Problem understanding/using dpkg-scanpackages

2013-11-07 Thread Richard Owlett
dir -p pool/main mv z pool/main In your case, you would for each DVD insert and copy off the files something like as follows: cp -rf /media/cdrom/debian/pool /media/repo6 Next, I ran the following command (many warnings are produced): dpkg-scanpackages . | gzip - > Packages.gz Note that I am s

Re: Problem understanding/using dpkg-scanpackages

2013-11-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Neal Murphy wrote: > I've been following this for a while. How hard would it be to create a local > web site that mirrors the essential parts of, say, ftp.us.debian.org? Then > tell net install to load from that host. Would the net install then function > as expected (albeit somewhat quicker)?

Re: Problem understanding/using dpkg-scanpackages

2013-11-06 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, November 06, 2013 07:11:24 PM Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 11/7/13, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I purchase complete DVD sets. > > I am doing multiple clean installs to determine my "optimum" > > solution. > > Shuffling DVDs became a pain. I set aside a partition for myown > > repository

Re: Problem understanding/using dpkg-scanpackages

2013-11-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
media/repo6 mkdir -p pool/main mv z pool/main In your case, you would for each DVD insert and copy off the files something like as follows: cp -rf /media/cdrom/debian/pool /media/repo6 Next, I ran the following command (many warnings are produced): dpkg-scanpackages . | gzip - > Packages.gz No

Problem understanding/using dpkg-scanpackages

2013-11-06 Thread Richard Owlett
tory partition mounted as /media/repo7 etc. Later they will be on an external 1 TB drive.} My problem with the dpkg-scanpackages man pages is that I don't seem to be able to apply it correctly to my situation. Directory structure is: /media/repo6/dists/squeeze/contrib/binary-i386 /media/repo

Re: Using dpkg-scanpackages with a debian repository

2007-03-05 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
Hello People, About my problem, i resolve it usingo the below command: dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | tee Packages | gzip -9 > Packages.gz Still, my repository it's Ok. Bye Rodrigo Faria --- Rodrigo Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > Hello Kauppi, > >

Re: Using dpkg-scanpackages with a debian repository

2007-03-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 08:38:02AM -0300, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: > Hello, > > I'm creating a customized debian repository. > In repository, i´ll go put the packages than i > created. > http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debrepository Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://peop

Re: Using dpkg-scanpackages with a debian repository

2007-03-05 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
run the command: > > > > dpkg-scanpackages -u -a i386 > > /var/www/mirrors/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/ > > /var/www/mirrors/indices/override.sarge.main > > > Packages > > Did you create .deb or .udeb packages? > > The '-u' option makes dpkg-sca

Re: Using dpkg-scanpackages with a debian repository

2007-03-05 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 08:38:02AM -0300, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: > Hello, > > Then I run the command: > > dpkg-scanpackages -u -a i386 > /var/www/mirrors/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/ > /var/www/mirrors/indices/override.sarge.main > > Packages Did you create .deb

Using dpkg-scanpackages with a debian repository

2007-03-05 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
kage3 optionaladmin Then I run the command: dpkg-scanpackages -u -a i386 /var/www/mirrors/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/ /var/www/mirrors/indices/override.sarge.main > Packages The reply was: Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file. I made a download of override.sarge.main.gz

Question about dpkg-scanpackages

2004-05-27 Thread King, Richard (Unix Messaging)
Hello List! I've setup my apt-get repository the way I like it. Now my other goal is to include my custom Debian packages in my apt-get repository. The way I understand dpkg-scanpackages, is that packages listed in the Packages.gz file are available via apt-get install. The troubl

Re: Cannot find dpkg-scanpackages

2004-03-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Tony Bazeley (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm new to Debian and have done a base installation of Woody 3.0 R1 > from CDROM, and am now in the process of installing packages not on > the single CD. > > I've obtained the packages I want, but dpkg-scanpackag

Cannot find dpkg-scanpackages

2004-03-12 Thread Tony Bazeley
Hello, I'm new to Debian and have done a base installation of Woody 3.0 R1 from CDROM, and am now in the process of installing packages not on the single CD. I've obtained the packages I want, but dpkg-scanpackages yields: "bash- command not found". I've also sear

Re: dpkg-scanpackages [was Re: General debian questions]

2003-12-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 03:59:04AM -0800, Nunya wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:40:45AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Use dpkg-scanpackages to update the Packages file (and remember to gzip > > it, so you've got Packages.gz). > > When you say "update" the

dpkg-scanpackages [was Re: General debian questions]

2003-12-16 Thread Nunya
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:40:45AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Use dpkg-scanpackages to update the Packages file (and remember to gzip > it, so you've got Packages.gz). When you say "update" the Packages, are you implying that you can do an incremental update of an exist

any way to speed up dpkg-scanpackages?

2003-11-20 Thread Tom
I have 727 .debs in a directory as my "local cache". Whenever the contents of the directory changes, I dpkg-scanpackages to find the dups and write the Packages file. It takes many seconds to complete. Since the directory changes little each time, it seems like lots of the wo

Re: dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-09 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach der.hans (on Sun, 09 Sep 2001 02:24:09AM -0700): > > > Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte Martin F Krafft so: > > > >schwätzte... > > Blöder Tippfehler, gell? :( no stress :) > > well, i know this. but the official mirror's pool/ tree has > > du

Re: dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-09 Thread der.hans
Am 09. Sep, 2001 schwätzte Martin F Krafft so: > also sprach der.hans (on Sat, 08 Sep 2001 01:38:13PM -0700): > > Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte Martin F Krafft so: > >schwätzte... Blöder Tippfehler, gell? :( > well, i know this. but the official mirror

Re: dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-08 Thread Martin F Krafft
also sprach der.hans (on Sat, 08 Sep 2001 01:38:13PM -0700): > Am 08. Sep, 2001 schwäzte Martin F Krafft so: schwätzte... soso... > This is just letting you know that you have two different versions for that > package and it's taken the highest versi

Re: dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-08 Thread der.hans
22-0.2potato.deb ! > > does anyone have a script as to how Packages files are updated if you > have a full Debian package tree? This is just letting you know that you have two different versions for that package and it's taken the highest version for the Packages file. Search for a bug

dpkg-scanpackages on an official mirror

2001-09-08 Thread Martin F Krafft
hi, we operate a full debian mirror and need to redo the Packages every now and then, if last night's rsync did not complete all the way. but i am confused, and trying to recreate every Packages file results in many "duplicate" errors such as ! Package pcmcia-source (filename ./debian/dists/Debian

Re: dpkg -scanpackages - how?

2000-10-29 Thread Thomas Weinbrenner
"Robin Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to a question from me about how to make use of the .debs I'd > accumulated in /var/cache/apt during a re-install several people helpfully > suggested I did > > dpkg -scanpackages ^ > &

dpkg -scanpackages - how?

2000-10-29 Thread Robin Collins
In response to a question from me about how to make use of the .debs I'd accumulated in /var/cache/apt during a re-install several people helpfully suggested I did dpkg -scanpackages Well, I tried and failed. Looking at the man and info pages for dpkg I don't see any scan capability.

dpkg-scanpackages uses older debs?

2000-03-21 Thread Mark M
Hi, Doe anyone else have this problem with dpkg-scanpackages? If you have different versions of the same package, sometimes it uses the latest version, but usually it uses the earlier version [think incremental potato upgrades]. I used to have a sed regex so that I could move the earlier

Re: dpkg-scanpackages

1997-10-15 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Mart Klanberg wrote: > hi, > > I have downloaded all the packages based on which > I want to create the Packages file. Now I don't know how to > create the override file for dpkg-scanpackages ... help? > You will need to get the appropriate overrid

dpkg-scanpackages

1997-10-15 Thread Mart Klanberg
hi, I have downloaded all the packages based on which I want to create the Packages file. Now I don't know how to create the override file for dpkg-scanpackages ... help? TIA, Mart Klanberg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&