On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:08:59PM -0700, Ralph Zeller wrote:
>
> So far, I've tried apt-move and dpkg-scanpackages but those commands have
> require parameters I don't understand. I've read the manuals but I'm
> still not completely clear on how to do this.
>
> Has anyone tried creating a local, partial mirror of the debian archives,
> who could give me ideas?
>
> Ralph
>
apt-move is EXACTLY what you want. It moves the files from
/var/cache/apt/archives to a "debian package directory tree".
The tree can be used to set up a http or ftp package server.
It can also be used to create a Debian cd.
I'll assume that since you were thinking of setting up a local
mirror, you either have httpd or ftpd running. The easiest
thing to do would be to use /path/to/server/root/debian as
the base directory for your package tree. Then use:
deb http://my.local.httpd/debian stable main contrib non-free
or
deb ftp://my.local.ftpd/debian stable main contrib non-free
in the /etc/apt/sources.list file of boxen that will use the
mirror. To use the mirror during install, choose "Manually edit
apt sources". This lets you edit sources.list, so you can add
your mirror as above.
main apt-move commands:
Usage: apt-move <command>
get - Get the appropriate Packages.gz files. Packages.gz,
in short, is a list of packages for each package catagory.
move - Use the info in the Packages.gz files to move the packages
from cache to package tree.
packages - Create local versions of Packages.gz.
delete - Remove obsolete packages from the tree.
update - Alias for 'apt-move get && apt-move move && apt-move \
packages && apt-move delete'
You will need to edit /etc/apt-move.conf, but there are many
comments in the file that do a good job of explaining what the
parameters do.
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PS The apt-move in "unstable" is far superior to the apt-move in
"potato". You may want to make a backup copy of your cache.
Another thing you can do is add a deb-src line to sources.list
that tracks "unstable":
apt-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
do an apt-get update then cd to a directory you want to build
custom packages in and do 'apt-get source apt-move'. Then
'cd apt-move-* && debian/rules binary'. This way you can build
packages from the "unstable" sources, and have them linked to your
"potato" libraries. You will need to 'apt-get install debhelper'
to build most debian packages. You may also need deb-make.
Probably also a good idea to read the debian packaging manual,
/usr/share/doc/packaging-manual, I believe, if you have installed
the packaging-manual .deb.
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