Re: Generating pool-based package.gz files

Mmmkay, so I'll have to populate my existing database from the Packages file and scan my local repository and override trees seperatly. Oh well :p - Ender > Obviously you use the Packages file we distribute... > > (If you're interested in the chicken-and-egg problem from Debian's POV, > we hav

Re: Generating pool-based package.gz files

woody... - Ender > On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 02:43:17PM +0800, James Brown wrote: > > Hey all, > > Can anyone point me to any docummentation on how the package files > > for woody and other pool-based distros are generated? > > apt-get install apt-utils; man

Generating pool-based package.gz files

Hey all, Can anyone point me to any docummentation on how the package files for woody and other pool-based distros are generated? For a few months we have been using a dpkg-scanpackages style system to put our local package repository into mySQL, which is then used for a bunch of t