setup repository with several dists using apt-ftparchive

2010-10-29 Thread cornelius
Hello, I am trying to set up a repository for my own software and I am wondering if the list can help me with a specific questsion. I am using apt-ftparchive to do this. I managed to set it up. Everything looks fine. Releses and sources are gpg signed. I can apt-get install and apt-get source on

trigger processing

2010-10-29 Thread Phillip Susi
I've noticed triggers being invoked repeatedly during upgrades rather than once at the end, as they are supposed to. I started looking at /var/log/dpkg.log to try and figure out why. I was wondering, does a record like this: 2010-10-29 10:50:17 startup archives unpack Indicate that a new invoca

Re: trigger processing

2010-10-29 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Phillip Susi (29/10/2010): > Is this a known bug or misconfiguration in apt? AFAICT, package managers do indeed call dpkg several times, meaning the triggers effect isn't as much a big win as it could be. :( You could check that by calling your package manager with: strace -f -e execve $your_s

Re: trigger processing

2010-10-29 Thread Phillip Susi
On 10/29/2010 2:29 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > You could check that by calling your package manager with: > strace -f -e execve $your_stuff_goes_here I'll try that out. > After a very quick search, I didn't see a matching bug in: > http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt I didn't either. Sounds lik

Re: trigger processing

2010-10-29 Thread Jonathan Nieder
(+bcc: a hypothetical debian-dpkg-frontends@ list) Phillip Susi wrote: > I've noticed triggers being invoked repeatedly during upgrades rather > than once at the end, as they are supposed to. [...] > Is this a known bug or misconfiguration in apt? Yes, known frontend bug (though it doesn't seem