Bug#934657: apt: add interface between external downloaders (apt-offline/apt-zip) and apt

2020-09-01 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:12:26 +0200 Julian Andres Klode wrote: > ugh, no. verification is pretty complex, we don't want people to > reimplement it. FTR this is exactly what has happened with apt-offline due to: https://bugs.debian.org/871656 In that report David suggested `apt-helper import-list

Bug#934657: apt: add interface between external downloaders (apt-offline/apt-zip) and apt

2019-08-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, 2019-08-13 at 13:12 +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > I think it's the wrong solution though. The correct solution is to bundle > the offline system's state (/var/lib/apt, /var/lib/dpkg/status, /etc/apt), > copy it to the online system, and then calculate and download the > update/upgrad

Bug#934657: apt: add interface between external downloaders (apt-offline/apt-zip) and apt

2019-08-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Control: tag -1 -moreinfo On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:44:07AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Package: apt > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-CC: apt-offl...@packages.debian.org > Control: block 871656 by -1 > > For machines that are in a location with no Internet, apt-offline is a > semi-convenient way t

Bug#934657: apt: add interface between external downloaders (apt-offline/apt-zip) and apt

2019-08-12 Thread Paul Wise
Package: apt Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: apt-offl...@packages.debian.org Control: block 871656 by -1 For machines that are in a location with no Internet, apt-offline is a semi-convenient way to perform updates, upgrades and installs. There are two situations where offline machines can occur