* John Stoffel <[email protected]> [20100301 09:11]: > > Skylar> Does anyone have any tips/tools for managing custom apt > Skylar> repositories? Here's the requirements I have: > > Skylar> 1. Take a list of packages and fetch all those packages plus their > Skylar> dependencies. I could download the entire mirror but that's a lot of > Skylar> disk space I'd rather not dedicate to the task. > > Sounds like what you want here is the apt-cacher stuff. Point all > your internal hosts at the cacher and let it fetch the .debs as needed > and cache them locally.
I've found it simplest to have one repo dedicated to an apt caching service (I use "approx"), and another separate one for locally generated packages, backports etc. > Skylar> 2. Maintain multiple architectures with one tool (currently i386 and > Skylar> amd64, but potentially more in the future). > > Should be able to do this just fine. > > Skylar> 3. Add custom packages easily. > Skylar> 4. Rebuild indices (e.g. Packages.gz and Sources.gz) automatically. > Index rebuilds could be automatically triggered based on some sort of periodic find command using the Packages.gz as the timestamp file.... Ben -- ________________________________________________________________________ PGP (318B6A97): 3F23 EBC8 B73E 92B7 0A67 705A 8219 DCF0 318B 6A97
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