Re: Kudos to BootCD!
hi ya william
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, William Ballard wrote:
> I looked at apt-move but I didn't want a http based mirror.
the local mirror can be anywhere but okay on not using httpd/ftp
> /a "this is all related to apt"
okay on the directory subtreee ... make it according to the scripts
> I can diff any two /a/o/L*.gz files to see the history of stuff I
> installed. I can diff any two /a/o/A*.gz to see the history of when a
> package became available.
and (ez) roll backs to particular dates is a good thing :-)
> It's a hack of all hacks. It's Linux.
half the fun
> I hate long names.
yup... i like lots of "." in my names so that it makes a mess to
windoze folks
> The fact that nobody understands what I'm doing is in my mind
> a big plus.
ditto, esp for ones own stuff
> Long story short, use dpkg-scanpackages to do the magic and write
> your own scripts the way you want them.
thought dpkg-scanpackages works on Sources.gz and Packages.gz
but guesss one day, time needs to be spent to "figure it out"
for what i need
- i assume, totally guessing, that apt et.al will maintain the system
based on the contents of Packages.gz
- delete old files
- delete files that are time stamped in the future
and your L*.gz files are for your own "time stamping"
and status checking ?
- and, yup, i keep incremental changes too, ( daily, weekly,
monthly, annual incremental changes/differences )
c ya
alvin
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