Re: repository-howto --> Obsoleted
Hi,
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 02:31:35PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:36:08 +0900
> Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> Hi,
> thanks for the cc.
>
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 09:26:03PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > [1] lists apt-ftparchive as a tool to "move a collection of
> > > packages", which it doesn't appear to do (at least, none of the
> > > doco explains it, and a quick browse of the source doesn't
> > > enlighten me). apt-ftparchive can be replaced by reprepro. I think
> > > it would be worth updating this document to try and avoid confusing
> > > people who are trying to do something "the Debian way".
> >
> > I think apt-ftparchive is right tool but this documentation is to
> > blame. The apt-ftparchive command is used in our archive as I
> > understand.
>
> Is it used to generate packages/sources/contents lists, or to /move/
> packages?
No.
> > All other tools are for convienience tools for regular users and YMMV.
"move" is part of "convienience" :-)
> > I have updated usage guide for apt-fetarchive in Debian reference:
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_small_public_package_archive
>
> In this example the moving seems to be done by dupload.
> (I can't test atm, but will try tomorrow)
>
> > At least apt-fetarchive is available on developer machine such as
> > people.debian.org:
> >
> > osamu@ravel:~$ type apt-ftparchive
> > apt-ftparchive is /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive
> > osamu@ravel:~$ type reprepro
> > -bash: type: reprepro: not found
>
> AIUI apt-utils is not installed by default, so for someone trying to
> decide what to use this is irrelevant.
Not on default instalation, I guess. But Debian hosted machines have
this indicating that most DDs use this to host their package. So at
least this package is best maintained albeit capability is limited.
Osamu
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