If you want to allow users to use the repository of your pinning your repository, then you must include a Release file in each directory that contains a file Index. (You can read more about pinning in the AS APT).

Release files are simple text files that have a shorter and much like the one below: 

  Archive: archives 
  Component: component 
  Origin: TuCompañia 
  Label: Debian repository TuCompañia 
  Architecture: Architecture


Archive

The name of the distribution of Debian. Packages in this directory belong to (or are designed to), for example, stable, testing or unstable.

Component

Here are the components of the packages in the directory, for example, main, or contrib non-free.

Origin

The name of the person who made packages.

Label

Some labels suitable for the packages of your repository. Use your imagination.

Architecture

The architecture of the packages in this directory, such as i386, sparc or source. It is important to establish and Architecture Archive in the right way, since they are more used to pinning. The others, however, are less important in this aspect.

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