Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-10 Thread csj
On Tuesday 10 April 2001 00:38, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up > > >> as obsolete in dselect. Is there an ea

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to > >>the package manager or do

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Igor Mozetic
> My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to the > package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and the Generate local Packages.gz of your debs, eg, in my mirror I use: dpkg-scanpackages di

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Then I would add this to sources.list: > > deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local/ It works now, except that the line needs to be deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local local with the given directory setup. Thanks again and sorry f

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 20:08:26 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > Uuhm, I did this now and it generates a nice Packages.gz, but the debs > still show up as obsolete ? (Yes, I did update) I'm a moron, the deb line in sources.list was commented out. Sorry -- I did not vote for the Austrian government

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: (...) > Then I would add this to sources.list: > > deb file:/usr/local/src/debian-local local/ Uuhm, I did this now and it generates a nice Packages.gz, but the debs still show up as obsolete ? (Yes, I did update) -- I did not vote for the

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 10:38:36 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > I used to put my local debs (kernels etc) into a directory > (/usr/local/src/debian-local/dists/local/local/binary-i386) > and then run this script: > > #!/bin/sh > cd /usr/local/src/debian-local > dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/local/binary-

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: >> Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >>>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to >>>the package manager or do I have

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as > >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to > >>the package manager or do

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Mario Vukelic
On 09 Apr 2001 12:17:09 -0400, Chris Gray wrote: > If I understand the question correctly, it seems the canonical answer > is to raise the version number of the locally created package. This > should keep dselect or apt from thinking that the local package is > obsolete. You can change the versi

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Chris Gray
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >>obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to >>the package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and >>the l

Re: sources.list and locally generated debs

2001-04-09 Thread Colin Watson
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My locally generated debs, e.g. from kernel compiles, show up as >obsolete in dselect. Is there an easy way to tell their locations to the >package manager or do I have to mess with Packages.gz files and the >like? You pretty much have to mess with Package