On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 02:42:46PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote > I have downloaded a bunch of the .deb's for potato, preserving the > directory structure. > I also got the Packages files > > I assumed when I did this that apt would not care if some .deb files were > missing, and would simply look at other sources for them. Is that correct? >
Unless it wants to install them, it shouldn't matter if they are in the Packages file but not in the archive. > I also assumed that with CD's it would prompt for inserting additional > CD's. Is that correct? Or do I need packages files which indicate which > CD has which files? Is there a good way to generate those? > If you have a CD containing (some portion of) the Debian archive, then # apt-cdrom add will look for and use the Packages files on a CD to determine what packages are available on it. Run it once for each CD. There's nothing magical about CD packages files, but using apt-cdrom alerts apt to do things like check that the correct CD is mounted and prompt for the required CD if not. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
