Making unofficial extension CDs

2003-08-30 Thread Terry Hancock
Is there an online reference that describes how the Debian archives are constructed? Such as how "Packages.gz" gets built, etc? I need to create a CD set based on a set of extra, unofficial Debian packages. My understanding is that if this is done right, it will be possible to combine such a

Re: Making unofficial extension CDs

2003-08-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there an online reference that describes how the Debian > archives are constructed? Such as how "Packages.gz" gets > built, etc? man dpkg-scanpackages man dpkg-scansources As to the Release files there is some docs in apt but I think its mostly l

Re: Making unofficial extension CDs

2003-08-30 Thread Terry Hancock
On Saturday 30 August 2003 01:13 am, Terry Hancock wrote: > Is there an online reference that describes how the Debian > archives are constructed? Such as how "Packages.gz" gets > built, etc? > [...] > I really feel like this has to be a FAQ, but I haven't been > able to find it with Google or

Making unofficial extension CDs

2003-08-30 Thread Terry Hancock
Is there an online reference that describes how the Debian archives are constructed? Such as how "Packages.gz" gets built, etc? I need to create a CD set based on a set of extra, unofficial Debian packages. My understanding is that if this is done right, it will be possible to combine such a

Re: Making unofficial extension CDs

2003-08-30 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there an online reference that describes how the Debian > archives are constructed? Such as how "Packages.gz" gets > built, etc? man dpkg-scanpackages man dpkg-scansources As to the Release files there is some docs in apt but I think its mostly l

Re: Making unofficial extension CDs

2003-08-30 Thread Terry Hancock
On Saturday 30 August 2003 01:13 am, Terry Hancock wrote: > Is there an online reference that describes how the Debian > archives are constructed? Such as how "Packages.gz" gets > built, etc? > [...] > I really feel like this has to be a FAQ, but I haven't been > able to find it with Google or