Re: dpkg --root functionality with apt-get?

Bruce Edge wrote: Hi, I need to make apt-get operate on a debootstrap built tree. I don't want to chroot into it because I need to mount --bind my local debian mirror then. Is there some -o option::whatever I can use to tell it to use this built tree as the root? Lastly, is there a comprehensive

dpkg --root functionality with apt-get?

Hi, I need to make apt-get operate on a debootstrap built tree. I don't want to chroot into it because I need to mount --bind my local debian mirror then. Is there some -o option::whatever I can use to tell it to use this built tree as the root? Lastly, is there a comprehensive list of all the s

dpkg --root

complains about missing files of the pre* post* installation scripts How to setup a clean /var/lib/dpkg, etc.. environment to be used with dpkg --root? regards, Ulisses - - "Computers are useless.