Repository for deb based distribution should provide a Release file

[Bruno Cornec]

This would allow more easy integration with upstream deb distributions, by providing an Origin tag usable when packages are provided both upstream and by the distro. (Cf: ​https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=3E131A21E348654BAED17074816567DE5CB233EBDC%40GVW1163EXB.americas.hpqcorp.net)

[Bruno Cornec]

Also cf: ​http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto and ​http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.fr.html#s-pin

Implementing this feature may require to reorganize repository with an arch subdir !

[Joachim Langenbach]

Further on the current solution is not able to handle mutli binary packages. Therefore we use the attached script to build up repositories which solves your problem also.

May be it helps you solving the issue above and multi binary issue in pb.

[Joachim Langenbach]

Script to build repository for multi binary packages with release files for each architecture

[Bruno Cornec]

The arch subdir has been introduced in rev [1080] as a first step.

[Bruno Cornec]

I attempted to fix the issue you reported with rev [1112]. Could you please report if the debian repository I generated using that new version at ​ftp://ftp.project-builder.org/test/debian/ is now correct for a apt usage ?

Thanks in advance.

[Joachim Langenbach]

I've used the provided pb.sources.list and aptitude says:

Feh ​ftp://ftp.project-builder.org 5.0/contrib Packages

Kann Datei nicht holen, Server antwortete: »Failed to open file. «

Hole:9 ​ftp://ftp.project-builder.org 5.0/contrib Sources Feh ​ftp://ftp.project-builder.org 5.0/contrib Sources

Kann Datei nicht holen, Server antwortete: »Failed to open file. «

But I cannot say why. The only difference I've found related to my repository is the position of the Contents-*.tar.gz file. My is directly under dists/5.0 and not under contrib and I've check it right now, apt-file looks for it at dists/VERSION. But I don't think, thats the main problem with the created repo.

[Bruno Cornec]

I've fixed the Contents issue with rev [1121]. Thanks for your check.

As for the issue you have I think maybe the pb.sources.list is wrong:

$ more pb.sources.list 
deb ftp://ftp.project-builder.org/test/debian/5.0 5.0 contrib
deb-src ftp://ftp.project-builder.org/test/debian/5.0 5.0 contrib

I think that the version shouldn't be there in the URL no ? (after ​http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html)

So I made a new patch (rev [1122])for this as well, thinking it is the cause of the problem. (I had previously just one level to remove, but with the arch in place now, I have 2 levels to remove).

Could you please test again for the 2 issues ? TIA.

[Bruno Cornec]

Have you had time to check the proposed fix ? I'd like to release the next stable version and would like to have that bug fixed in it.

[Joachim Langenbach]

It worked with the lines:

deb ​ftp://ftp.project-builder.org/test/debian 5.0 contrib and the same as deb-src. This fits also the scheme deb URL_TO_DISTS_DIR VERSION_OR_VERSION_NAME REPO_TYPE.

[Bruno Cornec]

Ok so my last revision indeed fixed it. Thanks for your report, will be in 0.10.1.