Actually attaching the file this time...
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 01:54:28AM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 06:23:08AM -0500, Joseph Rawson wrote:
> > On Friday 19 June 2009 05:09:31 Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 01:52:43AM -0500, Joseph Rawson wrote:
> > > > would be much more interested in making a tool that would make it easier
> > > > to manage local/partial debian mirrors (i.e. one that helped resolve the
> > > > dependencies), rather than have an apt-get wrapper. I also think that
> > > > once such a tool is made, it would make it easier to build an apt-get
> > > > wrapper that works with it. I don't think that viewing the problem with
> > > > an "apt-get wrapper" solution is the best way to approach it, but I do
> > > > think that it would be valuable once the underlying problems are solved.
> > >
> > > And reprepro does not fit the bill because?
> > >
> > It fits part of the bill, as it's an excellent tool for maintaining a
> > repository, but it doesn't resolve dependencies (nor should it).
>
> Just in case it might help, here's a script we used internally (at the
> Sarge time) to maintain a dummy repository that would help us eventually
> resolve an original list of packages to a complete list of packages we
> ask a reprepro source to update.
>
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#!/bin/bash
# using bash-specific PIPESTATUS
CMD=`basename $0`
REPREPRO=reprepro
BASE_DIR=repo
APT_BASE_DIR=${BASE_DIR}/Aptdir
APT_DIR=${APT_DIR:-${APT_BASE_DIR}/unstable}
MAIN_REPO=/home/repo
PACKAGES_LIST_FILE=packages
STATIC_DIR=$MAIN_REPO/static
STATIC_INST=$MAIN_REPO/static_inst
INSTALLER_PATH=$BASE_DIR/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current
CD_OVERRIDE=cd-override/cd
set -e
usage() {
echo >&2 "apter: apt resolver wrapper"
echo >&2 " (functionality varies by basename of \$0)"
echo >&2 "Usage: $0 <setup|generate|refresh>"
}
# $1: file
# $2: condition
get_entry() {
awk <$BASE_DIR/conf/$1 -v RS='\n\n' "/\<$2\>\n/ {print \$0}"
#echo >&2 "printed updates section $2."
}
# $1: file (updates/distributions)
# $2: condition
# $3: field name
get_field() {
get_entry "$1" "$2" | grep "^$3: " | cut -d: -f2-
}
dists_list() {
awk '/^Codename: / {print $2}' $BASE_DIR/conf/distributions
}
case "$CMD" in
apt-get|apt-cache|aptitude)
exec $CMD \
-o Dir=$PWD/$APT_DIR \
-o Dir::State::status=$PWD/$APT_DIR/var/lib/dpkg/status
\
"$@"
;;
apter)
case "$1" in
setup)
for dist in `dists_list`
do
APT_DIR=$APT_BASE_DIR/$dist
export APT_DIR
for dir in \
etc/apt var/lib/apt/lists/partial \
var/lib/dpkg
var/cache/apt/archives/partial
do mkdir -p $APT_DIR/$dir
done
touch $APT_DIR/var/lib/dpkg/status
# relevant update sources:
update_sources=`get_field distributions
"Codename: $dist" Update`
(
for upd in $update_sources
do
get_entry updates "Name: $upd"
echo ''
done
) | tools/updates2sources
>$APT_DIR/etc/apt/sources.list
cat <<EOF >$APT_DIR/etc/apt/preferences
# give our packages a higher priority:
Package: *
Pin: release o=Xorcom
Pin-Priority: 600
EOF
done
;;
generate)
# setup the apt wrapper:
$0 setup
$0 refresh
;;
refresh)
rm -rf $BASE_DIR/{db,dists,lists,pool}
$0 refresh-nodel
;;
upgrade|refresh-nodel)
apt_cmd=`dirname $0`/apt-get
for file in `ls $STATIC_DIR`
do rsync -a --delete $STATIC_DIR/$file $BASE_DIR
done
# note: no --delete here
rsync -aC $CD_OVERRIDE/* $BASE_DIR/
#rm -f $BASE_DIR/conf/*.updates
for dist in `dists_list`
do
if `echo $PACKAGES_LIST_FILE*.$dist | grep -q
'\*'`
then
#echo "(Distro $dist has no packages
lists. Skipped)"
continue
fi
echo "refreshing distro $dist."
APT_DIR=$APT_BASE_DIR/$dist
export APT_DIR
# Resolve required packages to packages from
# specific repositories:
for pack_list in $PACKAGES_LIST_FILE*.$dist
do
packages=`grep -v '^#' $pack_list`
$apt_cmd update
$apt_cmd install -y --dry-run $packages
\
| tools/aptdry2lists
# bail out if apt fail. $PIPESTATUS is
${PIPESTATUS[0]}
if [ $PIPESTATUS -ne 0 ]; then
echo >&2 "Error demo-installing
packages from $pack_list"
echo >&2 "Try running
APT_DIR=$APT_DIR $apt_cmd install --dry-run \`grep -v '^#' $pack_list\`"
exit $PIPESTATUS;
fi
done
chmod -R g+w $APT_DIR/var 2>/dev/null || true
if [ ! -r
$BASE_DIR/dists/$dist/main/installer-i386 ]
then
mkdir -p $BASE_DIR/dists/$dist/main
ln -s ../../sarge/main/installer-i386
$BASE_DIR/dists/$dist/main/installer-i386
fi
done
for file in $BASE_DIR/conf/*.updates.unsorted
do
new_file=`echo $file | sed -e 's/.unsorted$//'`
sort -u $file >$new_file
rm $file
done
# Recreate repository:
$REPREPRO --noskipold --ask-passphrase
--ignore=unknownfield -b $BASE_DIR update
$REPREPRO -b $BASE_DIR createsymlinks
mkdir -p $INSTALLER_PATH
rsync -aq --delete $STATIC_INST/ $INSTALLER_PATH
;;
*)
echo >&2 "Unknown apter command $1."
usage
exit 1
;;
esac
;;
*)
echo >&2 "Unknown apter functionality $0"
exit 2
;;
esac
