Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-11-07 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 09:19:41PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > I believe you that it's possible, however reading the man page and tried > several things got me nowhere. Can you tell me how to simulate this > command line with apt-ftparchive generate ? > apt-ftparchive -o Tree::ExtraOve

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-11-02 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 09:19:41PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog écrivait: > > Well, yes you can. The command line options are a subset of what you can > > do with a configuration file. I recommend making a basic config file if > > you need to invoke any of the special magic, like selective deb > > proce

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-10-21 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:38:20AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe écrivait: > > Well, I wonder how to use ExtraOverride with "apt-ftparchive packages". > > I can't use "apt-ftparchive generate" for my needs. > > Well, yes you can. The command line options are a subset of what you can > do with a configur

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-10-08 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Well, I wonder how to use ExtraOverride with "apt-ftparchive packages". > I can't use "apt-ftparchive generate" for my needs. Well, yes you can. The command line options are a subset of what you can do with a configuration file. I recommend making a

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-10-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 05:10:53PM +0100, James Troup écrivait: > Because a) it doesn't suck, unlike dpkg-scanpackages and b) because it > supports things like the new task overrides out of the box ? Well, I wonder how to use ExtraOverride with "apt-ftparchive packages". I can't use "apt-ftparchi

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 08:56:52PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: >Previously Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> What do other people think about that ? > >Ditch it. Seconded. We supported it for slink and potato, but for the later potato releases it wasn't perfect anyway... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Raphael Hertzog wrote: > What do other people think about that ? Ditch it. Wichert. -- _ / Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 05:10:53PM +0100, James Troup écrivait: > > And I use dpkg-scanpackage for the support of this old dpkg-multicd > > dselect method ... > > Do we really want to support that nowadays ? What do other people think about that ? I'd also be happy if we could drop that because

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread James Troup
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 04:47:25PM +0100, James Troup crivait: > > > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... > > > > And there's the bug. Use apt-ftparchive. > > Would you be so kind and explain me why ? Because a) it doesn't su

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 04:47:25PM +0100, James Troup écrivait: > > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... > > And there's the bug. Use apt-ftparchive. Would you be so kind and explain me why ? I can use apt-ftparchive but it will change absolutely nothing if it doesn't us

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread James Troup
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... And there's the bug. Use apt-ftparchive. -- James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 09:54:06AM +0200, Martin Schulze écrivait: > > debian-cd does nothing else than using dpkg-scanpackages ... so this one > > needs to be fixed, not debian-cd. > > [...] > > What is the "Task: override" ? I know that packages have a Task: field but > > is there an override f

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Actually debian-cd probably makes its own packages files and doesn't include > > > the Task: overrides at all. > > > > That's badly broken then. > > > > Debian-cd people: Until debian-cd is fixed to propigate Task: fields out > > from the arc

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-28 Thread Richard Hirst
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 07:12:19PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > What is the "Task: override" ? I know that packages have a Task: field but > is there an override file like for sections ? This is my understanding... There is an extra-overrides file (maybe several?) which are not currently mirr

Re: Bug#113794: Woody new install, problems with tasksel

2001-09-28 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 12:12:15PM -0400, Joey Hess écrivait: > Package: debian-cd > Version: 2.2.8 > > Anthony Towns wrote: > > Actually debian-cd probably makes its own packages files and doesn't include > > the Task: overrides at all. > > That's badly broken then. > > Debian-cd people: Until