Re: saving .debs to their original name
Why? It might change, and you don't need it. apt-get --print-uris gives you the URI and the filename. Since you have both, you can either use wget's -O to put it in the right place when downloading, or rename things to the correct filename afterwards. In http://jidanni.org/comp/apt-offline/index_en.html I was thinking of using wget -i on e.g., the unfamiliar Windows environment, where I might not have all that flexibility. Or maybe I needn't worry about renaming, anyway e.g. if I were to use dpkg-scanpackages later. Therefore, if why apt-get --print-uris gives alternative names were documented, we might better understand the dangers of saving to the original names. However, I cannot submit http://bugs.debian.org/231776 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: saving .debs to their original name
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 01:43:36AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: Why? It might change, and you don't need it. apt-get --print-uris gives you the URI and the filename. Since you have both, you can either use wget's -O to put it in the right place when downloading, or rename things to the correct filename afterwards. In http://jidanni.org/comp/apt-offline/index_en.html I was thinking of using wget -i on e.g., the unfamiliar Windows environment, where I might not have all that flexibility. Or maybe I needn't worry about renaming, anyway e.g. if I were to use dpkg-scanpackages later. Therefore, if why apt-get --print-uris gives alternative names were documented, we might better understand the dangers of saving to the original names. However, I cannot submit http://bugs.debian.org/231776 Like I said in an earlier reply, the epoch is the part for which the URI doesn't the file name, so the rename script I posted strips out the escaped epoch part. $ apt-cache show gcc-3.3 | grep-dctrl -sVersion . Version: 1:3.3.3-0pre3 ^^^ The URL where this version may be downloaded is: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-3.3/ gcc-3.3_3.3.3-0pre3_i386.deb ^^^ Notice the epoch is simply missing in the URL. When you apt-get install it, the epoch will be present, aka gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.3-0pre3.deb, by simpling stripping [0-9]%3a your resulting .debs will match the URIs, and it'll just work. I see now the flaws with this are (a) files from multiple epochs but with the same version would clobber each other and (b) I assume that epochs 10, it only replaces a single digit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: saving .debs to their original name
Perhaps someone can resubmit http://bugs.debian.org/231776 so the strategy behind $ man apt-get --print-uris Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file name on the remote site! can get documented somewhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: saving .debs to their original name
Dan Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps someone can resubmit http://bugs.debian.org/231776 so the strategy behind $ man apt-get --print-uris can get documented somewhere. Why? It might change, and you don't need it. apt-get --print-uris gives you the URI and the filename. Since you have both, you can either use wget's -O to put it in the right place when downloading, or rename things to the correct filename afterwards. -- Alan Shutko [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I am the rocks. Velcro, super glue, duct tape, post-its, and OS/2! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
saving .debs to their original name
Say, apt-get dist-upgrade --print-uris makes lines with URL FILE SIZE MD5. What are the bad things that might happen if I just use wget to get the URLs, without using the FILEname? I intend to use dpkg-scanpackages later. Hopefully the URLs are OK on Windows and CDROMs too, which I might need to use for downloading (-- too little bandwidth at home.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: saving .debs to their original name
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:36:50AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
Say, apt-get dist-upgrade --print-uris makes lines with URL FILE SIZE MD5.
What are the bad things that might happen if I just use wget to get
the URLs, without using the FILEname? I intend to use
dpkg-scanpackages later.
Hopefully the URLs are OK on Windows and CDROMs too, which I might
need to use for downloading (-- too little bandwidth at home.)
The only thing I've noticed is the colons (:) in epochs get changed to
%3a when the .deb ends up in /var/cache/apt/archives.
for x in *%*; do mv $x ${x/[0-9]\\%3a/}; done
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