[Bug 468809] Re: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository

[Daniel Kulesz]

Actually, "--ppa" sounds as complicated as "--mirror" to me. You have to
do (too) much effort to build an ppa first. The workaround proposed by
Nick sounds better in this respect, but still I think that it has the
disadvantage that it is tinkering, because you copy in deb files which -
even when you remove them after installation - result in an unclean, not
size-optimized image.

Summarizing, we have two workarounds:
a) using --mirror or --ppa: Leaves image clean, but requires additional setup effort
b) using a self-scripted solution: Leaves image unclean, but requires only few additional setup effort

What I was thinking about is a solution, that leaves the image clean and
requires NO additional setup effort except using the "--add-dpkg"
switch. This would be a very basic but clean solution. Of course,
internally it could be combined, i.e. vmbuilder could setup its own ppa,
copy the specified deb files there and do rest like if the user provided
the "--ppa" switch him/herself.

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