R Garth Wood wrote:
> First create a override file(you don't really need it IMHO but
> dpkg-scanpackages does):
Not necessary. You can use /dev/null as your override file and it'll work
fine.
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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Betoes wrote:
> How can we generate the Packages.gz based on our ftp server?
First create a override file(you don't really need it IMHO but
dpkg-scanpackages does):
### file: overrides
apt optional utils
optional
...
now create Packages files:
cd /ftp_root/dists/my_dist/ma
On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 04:45:00PM -0300, Betoes wrote:
> We are trying to make a local distribution with specific packages for our
> research project.
>
> How can we generate the Packages.gz based on our ftp server?
>
> We generated the tree directory of our packages, and they are placed in:
>
On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 04:45:00PM -0300, Betoes wrote:
> We are trying to make a local distribution with specific packages for our
> research project.
>
> How can we generate the Packages.gz based on our ftp server?
dpkg-scanpackages
> Is the generation of Packages.gz enough to use apt on a cl
We are trying to make a local distribution with specific packages for our
research project.
How can we generate the Packages.gz based on our ftp server?
We generated the tree directory of our packages, and they are placed in:
/debian/dists/stable/local/binary-i386/tools/*.deb
Is the generation
Is there a policy regarding creating user accounts in installation
scripts? Is there a standard way to do it?
I'm creating a package for account and server administration for k-12
school systems. I want an account that I can use for unattended ssh
connections to transfer information back and fo
Tonnesen Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can I be certain that Mysql and DBD/DBI will be installed and configured
> before my postinst script runs?
Yes; dpkg orders package configuration.
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James
Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You describe the exact reason pre-depends exist for.
Say what? Hardly...
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James
Preston Landers wrote:
> The more options the better, I say. I'm thinking about turning the
> interactive installation mode of my script into a general package
> environment ... ie, tab-completion for availible packages. I'm such a
> big tab completion freak.
Er, then install zsh and see it's e
Joseph Carter writes:
> List packages that are installed which depend on foo (or actually depend,
> suggest, recommend, pre-depend, etc---in that more complex case the
> relationship would help but in the simple case just the list of packages
> is all I'd need)
Okay that's making some sense.
On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 10:04:33PM -0500, Preston Landers wrote:
> > You can do that with apt-cache too... Can you limit it further to show
> > me reverse depends (or optionally reverse all relationships) on a package
> > if they are installed? =>
>
> Hmmm... I'll certainly give it a whack.
Joseph Carter writes:
> You can do that with apt-cache too... Can you limit it further to show
> me reverse depends (or optionally reverse all relationships) on a package
> if they are installed? =>
Hmmm... I'll certainly give it a whack. But could you please explain
what you mean by revers
On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 06:41:03PM -0500, Preston Landers wrote:
> 1/ Can do a full information search
> This would let you search for a specific maintainer's
> packages, for instance. Or "show me all packages that depend on
> package foo." (You'd do this by using "Depends.*foo" as the
>
On 02-May-99 Tonnesen Steve wrote:
>
> I am developing a package which uses a Mysql database. I would like to
> create the database and populate it with some data during the postinst
> script. If I add the following Dependencies:
>
> Depends: mysql-server
> Depends: libdbd-mysql-perl
> Depends
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