DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Andrew Pollock 
As previously mentioned on this list, where I work, we have a sizeable 
chunk of infrastructure that can't connect out to a Debian mirror[1]

One of my colleages has written a script, which works on the 
/var/lib/dpkg/status file on a host that may require updating comparing it 
against the 
/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_debian-security_dists_stable_updates_*Packages
 
files and then generating a list along with the appropriate DSAs, of the 
packages that require updating.

This would be made easier if the DSA's were obtainable in a more parseable 
format. Currently they're being retrieved from 
http://www.debian.org/security/ via a recursive wget. Would it be 
possible, and would it be beneficial to anyone else, if they were made 
available individually via rsync?

Andrew

[1] 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200305/msg00468.html

Re: DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Colin Watson 
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 06:28:19PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote:
 This would be made easier if the DSA's were obtainable in a more parseable 
 format. Currently they're being retrieved from 
 http://www.debian.org/security/ via a recursive wget.

Perhaps CVS would be easier?
:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/cvs/webwml, module webwml,
/english/security. You may need some extra bits to build the WML files.

-- 
Colin Watson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov 
 On Mon, 19 May 2003 18:28:19 +1000
 AP == Andrew Pollock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
AP 
AP 
AP This would be made easier if the DSA's were obtainable in a more parseable 
AP format. 

DSA'a are available in RDF. There exists a link on the bottom of
www.debian.org/security to it.

-- 
Alexander Kotelnikov
Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Re: DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Andrew Pollock 
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 04:25:20PM +0400, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote:
  On Mon, 19 May 2003 18:28:19 +1000
  AP == Andrew Pollock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 AP 
 AP 
 AP This would be made easier if the DSA's were obtainable in a more 
 parseable 
 AP format. 
 
 DSA'a are available in RDF. There exists a link on the bottom of
 www.debian.org/security to it.

Doh. I wish the person who'd asked me had looked harder :-(

Andrew