Debian Question about APT

[Jason Deraleau]

I'm curious if it is possible to create my own task-my-computer setting. Something where I could maybe store a file on an FTP server and configure it as an APT source, and then type apt-get task-my-computer and have it download the software packages that I stick in the appropriate file. I'm just not sure of the directory structure, file names & contents. Anyone who's had experience with this kind of thing's help is appreciated. I'm basically trying to configure a whole bunch of systems using Debian and I want them to all have the same software, and I thought that APT would be a great way to do it.

Thanks!

JD

[Strike]

You want to read the New Maintainer's Guide (http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/). This is the book that tells everything you wanted to know and then some about building deb packages. Task packages are no doubt different, but I don't know of an easy way to make them EXCEPT maybe using equivs (apt-get install it and read the docs).