Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:34:47PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: >> apt-ftparchive(1) or dpkg-scanpackages(8), take your pick. > >OK, I've patched together an override file and used dpkg-scanpackages to >create Packages. I've added > >deb http://bradley/debian westling main > >to /etc/apt/sources.list. But apt-get doesn't like my archive. It insists >that the Packages file isn't there, even though I can go in manually on port >80 and find it right where apt-get says it isn't.
You need to gzip the Packages file (and the Sources file, if you have one). I filed bug #65839 against dpkg-dev about this almost a year ago now, but haven't heard anything back. Maybe I should put together a patch. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
