2010/2/10 Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>: > > The problem is that apt use fcntl(2) locks, not flock(2) locks. >
Thanks a lot, I learned something new. This [1] is a great article regarding. > > I do not know how to use fcntl locks from a shell script. I would > suggest trying a scripting language like Perl or Python instead. > Yup, seems the the best way to go. > As for your general question about offline update using APT, I > don’t know if there’s something appropriate available already. I > would recommend looking at reprepro, apt-offline, and > http://batmat.net/apt-offline/ and asking in the deity mailing list > (to reach APT developers) or debian-user (to reach fellow users). > I'll take a look at these tools. I previously tried apt-zip and aptoncd, but they just solve the problem of collecting debs, completly ignoring the problem of updating the packages lists. Greetings, Francesco [1] http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20030616.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
