Re: make CD of only newest 3 months of sid
[add a ftp mirror to sources.list and run]
F> apt-get update # a few megabytes
hmm, this would have permanent effects... but then I can just restore
sources.list back to just my listing my current cds to make those
effects go away later? Apparently all it does is add files to
/var/lib/apt/lists I suppose.
F> apt-get dist-upgrade --print-uris -y > file
reading the man page, the -y worries me... ok don't worry.
F> remove every line up to 'Need to get ...'
F> cut the first field after that (the url of the file)
[then have the friend who will burn the cd's do:]
F> get those packages with wget -i file and put the on a cd or laptop
apparently figuring out by hand how much to put on each cd...
[PS, what happens one day when debian has one package so big that it
wont fit on one cd :-)]
[now, back at the ranch:]
F> copy the packages to /var/cache/apt/archives
OK, but I was thinking I would have him make a CDrom that I could use
apt-cdrom on... hmmm, then one needs to do more than wget... maybe
there's a tool for that stage.
F> apt-get dist-upgrade -u
[I suppose the -u just gives more info]
F> This worked rather well for me, although I seem to remember that
F> sometimes it wanted to download some more packages.
[PS sorry for making two threads]
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