I'd like to thank everyone for responding to my question.
I used dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources :)
Thanks,
viral
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:41:38AM -0400, Chris Danis wrote:
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> >>>>> On Thu, 24 May 2001, "Viral" == Viral wrote:
>
> Viral> If I have uploaded experimental pacakages to my homepage, how do I
> Viral> make the required Packages and Sources files so that the packages
> Viral> can be used with apt-get ?
>
> Assuming you have apt >> 0.5.0, man apt-ftparchive. ftparchive is pretty
> easy to use IMO.
>
> Otherwise, you'll have to use dpkg-scanpackages and dpkg-scansources (from
> the dpkg-dev package). Both, of course, have manpages as well ;)
>
> NB: You don't really need your own override file; both will work fine
> without one. Even though dpkg-scan* asks for one on the command line, you
> can just pass it /dev/null :)
>
> Of course, feel free to ask if you run into trouble or anything
>
> -chris
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