Specify component in apt repository and packages

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 02:15:12PM +0200, Marc Franquesa wrote:
> Hi!,
> 
> First let me excuse becuase I don't speak english very well and second
> because I don't know I'm writing to the correct list to ask this.

While you can ask such questions here, you will get a faster response by
using a list which is dedicated to mentoring.  See
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-May/000297.html

> I made some packages for ubuntu (new packages not in ubuntu not in
> debian), I think that the release numbering that I must use for them
> is 0ubuntu<release-number>, ¿Could someone say me if I'm doing well?

This and many other related questions are answered by the developer
documentation here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment#head-6a4d24de872179bfbfdd027b683a6f74d7b8dc8a

> Second, I made a trivial apt-repository: A repository with a single
> directory with mixed sources and deb packages with the Release,
> Packages.gz, and Sources.gz, and with the Release.gpg signed file.
> 
> I specify in the Release file that the packages are for the 'extras'
> or 'multiverse' component, but when I search them in synaptic,
> synaptic shows them as 'main' packages.
> 
> I don't know if this is the default behaviour, I forgot to do
> something or if the problem is that I'm using a trivial repository
> (without pools).
> 
> ¿How can I specify to which components belong the packages?

Using the Section: header in the packages.

-- 
 - mdz