When building a package with sbuild, some packages (dependencies of package being built) are internally downloaded and installed by apt. After the build finished, schroot is cleaned again (while everything is done in overlay)
I need to cache outside of schroot these .deb files that were downloaded by apt. They are supposed to be used for creaing a local partial debian repository, so that the second build will use this local repo instead of internet one. Currently it's done by parsing dependencies and downloading them independently, but I suppose there should be some more straightforward way to get them using sbuild. I investigated and tried several options for sbuild (like --purge-build=never, --purge-deps=never, --purge-session=never), tried to find .deb files during the build using at some stages (--pre-build-commands="ls -la /var/cache/apt/ archives/", --starting-build-commands="ls -la /var/cache/apt/archives/", -- finished-build-commands="ls -la /var/cache/apt/archives/") - but I couldn't see any .deb files inside the schroot. I previously asked in debian-user maillist (https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/10/msg01044.html), but the tips I got (like using caching proxy) are not what I really need. While sbuild already does the thing (downloading/ installing dependencies), I suppose there should be a way to (at least) see the *.deb files downloaded in '/var/cache/apt/archives' inside schroot. -- Uladzimir Bely Promwad Ltd. External service provider of ilbers GmbH Maria-Merian-Str. 8 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany +49 (89) 122 67 24-0 Commercial register Munich, HRB 214197 General Manager: Baurzhan Ismagulov
