On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 04:40:42PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 05:35:48PM +0900, Horms wrote: > >> 2. The $PREFIX.generate-binary-debian-installer file created for > >> a local instance of the debian installer is bogus as it lacks > >> the FileList line. > >> > >> This means that the resulting packages file will be empty > >> and as a result local .udebs will be not be able to be found > >> by debian-installer, even though they are present on the CD. > >> > >> The attached patch, debian-cd-scanpackages_local.patch, > >> resolves this problem. > > > > Even if you do this, udpkg is not capable of merging two Packages files, > > so it won't actually work properly. I had to hack tools/scanpackages to > > append all the files listed in the local section to the main filelist > > instead, thus effectively merging the Packages files. This works but is > > hacky. > > The CD should be small enough to just scan all debs/udebs on it and > create a full Packages file for it. No mergeing, just recreate.
That's more or less what tools/scanpackages does, which is why I said "effectively" above. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
