On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:06:34 +0200 Peter Pentchev <r...@ringlet.net> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 07:46:03PM +0100, Frank Guthausen wrote: > > > > I created a repository with reprepro, but this generates Release > > and Packages files only, not the Contens-*.gz files. The content > > of this repository is invisible to apt-file. > > I'm pretty sure I could find some info on the format of the Contents > files (they seem to be pretty much "path <whitespace> > section/pkgname"), but if your question is really about reprepro,
I understood the format, but not the/any tool to create those files. > then take a look at the "Contents" option in the definition of a > distribution (the conf/distributions file); putting "Contents:" on a > line by itself will make reprepro generate the files. This was exactly the missing point. I regenerated the repository with this option and now apt-file sees all the files in the packages. THX -- kind regards Frank
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