mirror-tutorial 0.2

Taylor, ForrestX forrestx.taylor at intel.com
Wed Sep 1 17:22:42 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 14:58, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 16:15, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> > And to create a repository, you need to run:
> > 
> > genbasedir --flat --bloat --bz2only \
> >  --topdir=/top_level/dir sub_dir1 subdir2 subdir3 ...
> 
> I was about to generate a reply to you regarding syntax questions, when
> I noticed that apt is not included in &FC;. Didn't someone say that for
> tutorials we should stick with purely &FED; software to avoid
> "third-party utility" bloat in the docs? If not, let me throw that issue
> on the table. (*bump* Soup spills everywhere.)
> 
> Sorry if this seems like backpedaling. I honestly didn't even think of
> it until just now, when I decided to try installing apt to test your
> suggestions. Now that I find it's not included, I am a little hesitant
> -- OK, to be truthful, more than a little -- to put it in the
> documentation. I don't have any axe to grind either way; I just never
> got around to using apt.
> 
> Comments from anyone?

I'd tend to agree with you.  If it is not included in FC, why bother?  A
quick google can pick up that syntax, so let's devote our resources to
included programs.

Forrest





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