Re: how to clone apt repository to newest only?
As Andrew did, I also CC'd.. :)
On 12/25/23, 이 강우 <coolseed@hotmail.com> wrote:
> how to clone apt repository to newest only?
> Fedora/Red Hat will organize the repository by copying only the most recent
> packages from that distribution if you give it the "reposync --newest-only"
> option, but Debian doesn't seem to be able to do that.
>
> What can I do?
Hi.. This is Draft Email #2 for me for this thread. The first email is
very long. I chopped off all of the tips and am only focusing on the
following questions for now.
Am starting this time with an apt query:
$ apt-cache search reposync
Got a potential hit! The package is called dnf-plugins-core. It looks
interesting (to me). Its description is:
Description-en: Core plugins for DNF, the Dandified Yum package manager
This package enhances DNF with builddep, config-manager, copr, debug,
debuginfo-install, download, needs-restarting, groups-manager, repoclosure,
repograph, repomanage, reposync, changelog and repodiff commands.
It's the only package that references reposync. I'll be downloading
and poking at it as a personal Debian development learning adventure
by comparing it to wget and rsync as referenced further below.
If dnf-plugins-core does not work for some reason, here are some
questions that might help Debian Users help you....
What are you actually trying to do? Might also be asked as.. what were
you doing in the past? What exact command(s) were you using?
Internet searching on "reposync" alone makes it look like you're
trying to do what I have found that wget does. It worked for an LS
(Linux From Scratch) short webpage of only links today. Wget also
worked on a Debian repository related webpage that included child
directories.
Running "man rsync" references "URL" a few times, too, but I've not
been successful with it in the past. This thread is a reminder of that
feature so I'll be playing with it again later. It's always good to
know more than one way to accomplish all Linux tasks. :)
My other questions that will help Debian Users help you are.....
Which Debian directory are you asking about? Or is it even tied to
debian(dot)org? If you're [pinging] a webpage that is not Debian and
it's not too personal, what webpage are you trying to sync?
A #1 question I have is...
Where are the files you are trying to duplicate (the source files),
and where are you duplicating those to (the intended target
directory/destination)?
Another way to ask that is: Are you duplicating from one personal
computer to another, or are you trying to pull from an online Internet
server's repository to download onto a personal computer?
Or are you maybe even trying to do yet something else that is not
mentioned above?
Your answer(s) might make a difference in the command and flags you
could use. As an example, that massively long Draft Email #1 I wrote
earlier included this useful tip I just learned for my own usage
today:
$ wget -c --recursive --no-parent
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/development/
That lead came from StackOverflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/273743/using-wget-to-recursively-fetch-a-directory-with-arbitrary-files-in-it
Just test drove it, and it did work as hoped. That "--no-parent" is
telling wget to focus only on the current directory, e.g. for me the
LFS "development" download webpage along with any possible child
directories found there. Be aware that there can still be some extra
junk come in, depending on what webpage is being tapped. The more text
content and less HTML, the better.
Wget does work as expected, does keep digging into child directories,
too, because I just tested a Debian repository related webpage under
/debian/dists.
That's all I have for now. Just let us know...
An aside to wget and rsync Developers: Thank you for your work!
Between the two of your packages, it's a multi-times daily thing going
on between us.
Cindy :)
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Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
* runs with a jingle-jingle *
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