On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:32:56PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > 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.
Mmm, I will take a look into it. The fix I meed _seemed_ to work just fine for me. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
