Excerpts from Michal Suchanek's message of Wed May 09 12:00:15 +0200 2012: > Excerpts from David Kalnischkies's message of Fri May 04 18:45:42 +0200 2012: > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Michal Suchanek > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As the format of apt archives has been changed silently and my > > > dpkg-scanpackages script generates archives that apt no longer > > > understands. > > > > I don't know about such a change. > > And there shouldn't be such a change either. > > Can you give an example so we can fix apt? > > It has been reported as bug 644900 and the conclusion was that my > archive was of unwanted format and hence was not supposed to be usable > in the first place. > > However, there is no spec for apt archives other than implicit > "readabale by current apt" so when apt was "fixed" that way it would no > longer read "readable by current apt" from some time past. > > > > > > It's been suggested that I use apt-ftparchive instead since it works out > > > all the details. > > > > That depends. > > For a "works out details" tool rerepro might be the better option. > > apt-ftparchive is more for people who want to control the details > > themself⦠> >
Yes, reprepro (with additional p) has some actual documentation which states clearly what to put where, what is optional and what is required, etc. Clear enough that you can actually make a repo with it. If writing actual documentation for apt-ftparchive is too much work at least referencing a documented tool would be useful. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
