# HG changeset patch # User Paul Boddie # Date 1216763529 -7200 # Node ID 47d9ad778dfcf480c330896cce9de1e0c1cb4833 # Parent 7f2a9b56594fe1cd6977c6fe20b0394993170a02 Added notes related to recent cross-distribution experiences. diff -r 7f2a9b56594f -r 47d9ad778dfc README.txt --- a/README.txt Sat Oct 13 21:18:21 2007 +0200 +++ b/README.txt Tue Jul 22 23:52:09 2008 +0200 @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ fakeroot Tested with 1.5.10ubuntu2 fakechroot Tested with 2.5-1.1 -debootstrap Tested with 0.3.3.2ubuntu3 +debootstrap Tested with 0.3.3.2ubuntu3 on Ubuntu Hoary 5.04, 1.0.7~feisty1 + on Ubuntu Hoary 7.04 New in userinstall 0.1.1 (Changes since userinstall 0.1) -------------------------------------------------------- @@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ package manager. The following settings can be edited: DISTNAME This should reflect the distribution being used and need only - be altered in special situations. + be altered in special situations. Note that the setup process + may not work with different distributions due to library + incompatibilities. + PACKAGEROOT The location of the personal package manager in the filesystem. @@ -100,6 +104,14 @@ user-apt-get --help user-apt-get update + +It may be necessary to install the gnupg package to enable package signature +verification: + +user-apt-get install gnupg + +Then, other packages can be installed. For example: + user-apt-get install python-cmdsyntax Provided that the specified packages are known and their dependencies can be