Re: Implementing a personalized repository

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 03:44:18PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:50:27AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>I routinely work without a viable network connection of any kind. My
> >>response was to purchase a eight DVD set of "squeeze". Using the DVD
> >>directory structure as an example I have copied the contents of
> >>/pool to a 64GB flash drive. I have also copied the directory
> >>structure of /dists to the flash drive.
> >>
> >>I've lost links to:
> >>    a. creating the packages and packages.gz files.
> >
> >http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_small_public_package_archive
> 
> I'm not sure that section answers the exact question I'm attempting
> to ask. *BUT* I presume the overall document is aimed at typical
> average sane users. In past "three score and ten" those adjectives
> have ever been used to describe me ;/

"The postupload hook script initiated by dupload(1) creates updated
archive files for each upload."

So it is a bit convoluted method and it is not a direct shell command.

> HOWEVER, after browsing the table of contents at
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/index.en.html I
> suspect the posting of a half-dozen questions has been
> short-circuited. Thank you.
> 
> >
> >>    b. how to point apt/synaptic/... to this repository.
> >
> >   file:///path/to/repo instead of http://ftp.us.debian....
> >
> >Osamu
> >PS: I never done this for large archive such as what you indicated.
> 
> <Chuckle> I read a blog "somewhere" which commented on small
> archives vs fully standard compliant archives. Although I'll hold it
> in my hand, I'm aiming at the later.

FYI: I updated wiki page:

 http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository

Osamu