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=== apt-ftparchive ===

* Goals: Superset of `dpkg-scanpackages` and `dpkg-scansources`

* Pros:
** Does not rely on any external programs aside from gzip.
** Creates Release and Contents files without providing `*.changes` 

* Cons:
** Can be slow on large repositories, unless the input file (?FileList) is sorted first (the sort command works).

* Package: apt
* Distributions: oldstable, stable, testing, unstable, experimental

* Dependencies: unstable/admin/apt-utils
* Automatic repositories: No (Yes with dupload)
* Incoming mechanism: No (Yes with custom move cron script with dupload)
* Pools: Yes
* GPG signing: No (Yes with dupload with script)
* Inclusion of .deb without .changes: ??
* Several versions of each package: ??

* HOWTOs:
** Debian Reference (lenny) -- SecureAPT in combination with dupload (aimed at someone who has shell access to a web server) -- https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_small_public_package_archive
** apt-ftparchive generate Roberto Sanchez how-to -- he now recommends to use reprepro

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