Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-10 Thread csj
On Tuesday 10 April 2001 00:38, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up > > >> as obsolete in dselect. Is there an ea

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to > >>the package manager or do

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Igor Mozetic
> My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to the > package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and the Generate local Packages.gz of your debs, eg, in my mirror I use: dpkg-scanpackages di

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Then I would add this to sources.list: > > deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local/ It works now, except that the line needs to be deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local local with the given directory setup. Thanks again and sorry f

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 20:08:26 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > Uuhm, I did this now and it generates a nice Packages.gz, but the debs > still show up as obsolete ? (Yes, I did update) I'm a moron, the deb line in sources.list was commented out. Sorry -- I did not vote for the Austrian government

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: (...) > Then I would add this to sources.list: > > deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local/ Uuhm, I did this now and it generates a nice Packages.gz, but the debs still show up as obsolete ? (Yes, I did update) -- I did not vote for the

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > I used to put my local debs (kernels etc) into a directory > (/usr/local/src/debian-local/dists/local/local/binary-i386) > and then run this script: > > #!/bin/sh > cd /usr/local/src/debian-local > dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/local/binary-

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: >> Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >>>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to >>>the package manager or do I have

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to > >>the package manager or do

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 12:17:09 -0400, Chris Gray wrote: > If I understand the question correctly, it seems the canonical answer > is to raise the version number of the locally created package. This > should keep dselect or apt from thinking that the local package is > obsolete. You can change the versi

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Chris Gray
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to >>the package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and >>the l

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to the >package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and the >like? You pretty much have to mess with Package

sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-08 Thread Mario Vukelic
Hi, My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to the package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and the like? Thanks for comments, M. -- I did not vote for the Austrian government