Re: building or obtaining debian non-free CDs ? - margins
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:47:57PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
>
[...]
> - if "/var/cache/apt/archives" fits on one or 2 CD's ... i'm thinking
> that's all the packages that is needed to clone that box ??
> - is the archives directory the same structure as the
> main *.deb repository ( i say/think: nope, it's not )
Kind of jumping in the middle here, but if you are looking to get a
repository structure for the packages you use...
I *think* if you use apt-proxy you end up with a structure like the
normal repository:
$ find /var/cache/apt-proxy -type d -maxdepth 5 \
| sed -e 's[/var/cache/apt-proxy/[['
debian
debian/dists
debian/dists/stable
debian/dists/stable/contrib
debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386
debian/dists/stable/main
debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386
debian/dists/stable/non-free
debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386
debian/dists/sarge
debian/dists/sarge/contrib
debian/dists/sarge/contrib/binary-i386
debian/dists/sarge/main
debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386
debian/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386
debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-powerpc
debian/dists/sarge/non-free
debian/dists/sarge/non-free/binary-i386
debian/.apt-proxy-filelists
debian/pool
debian/pool/main
debian/pool/main/a
debian/pool/main/a/aa3d
debian/pool/main/a/anacron
debian/pool/main/a/apt-proxy
[...]
>
> - make an itty-bitty script to go thru apt/archives
> and install um in order ... :-)
>
> - fun stuff to "get around" the debian way :-0
>
> c ya
> alvin
>
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Chris Harris <charris@rtcmarketing.com>
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