apt-get wrapper for maintaining Partial Mirrors

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3 total messages Started by sanket agarwal Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:21

#307596

Author: sanket agarwal
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:21

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Hi all,

We all know that there are various distro's that build around Debian.
I had an idea in mind whereby the task of making mirrors for personal
distributions can be automated. This can be stated as: if a person
wants to keep a customised set of packages for usage with the
distribution, the tool should be able to develop dependencies, fetch
packages, generate appropriate documentation and then create the
corresponding directory structure in the target mirror! The task can
be extended to include packages which are currently not under one of
the standard mirrors!

I think the tool can have immense utility in helping people automate
the task of mantaining the repositories. Suggestions, positive and
negative are invited.

I have not included the impl details as I would first like to evaluate
the idea at a feasibility and utility level.

Re: apt-get wrapper for maintaining Partial Mirrors

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Author: Anton Piatek
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:09

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2009/6/10 sanket agarwal <snktagarwal@gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> We all know that there are various distro's that build around Debian.
> I had an idea in mind whereby the task of making mirrors for personal
> distributions can be automated. This can be stated as: if a person
> wants to keep a customised set of packages for usage with the
> distribution, the tool should be able to develop dependencies, fetch
> packages, generate appropriate documentation and then create the
> corresponding directory structure in the target mirror! The task can
> be extended to include packages which are currently not under one of
> the standard mirrors!
>
> I think the tool can have immense utility in helping people automate
> the task of mantaining the repositories. Suggestions, positive and
> negative are invited.
>
> I have not included the impl details as I would first like to evaluate
> the idea at a feasibility and utility level.

How is this different from having a partial mirror and a full backing
mirror? (set the priority of your partial mirror higher with apt
preferences and it should override the backing mirror)

Anton

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Re: apt-get wrapper for maintaining Partial Mirrors

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Author: Tzafrir Cohen
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:04

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On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:21:24AM +0530, sanket agarwal wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We all know that there are various distro's that build around Debian.
> I had an idea in mind whereby the task of making mirrors for personal
> distributions can be automated. This can be stated as: if a person
> wants to keep a customised set of packages for usage with the
> distribution, the tool should be able to develop dependencies, fetch
> packages, generate appropriate documentation and then create the
> corresponding directory structure in the target mirror! The task can
> be extended to include packages which are currently not under one of
> the standard mirrors!
>
> I think the tool can have immense utility in helping people automate
> the task of mantaining the repositories. Suggestions, positive and
> negative are invited.
>
> I have not included the impl details as I would first like to evaluate
> the idea at a feasibility and utility level.

repropro is one of the tools that can help you maintain such a modified
pool. Note that you'll have to re-sign the generated repository
yourself.

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