Rob Owens wrote:
On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 01:22:21PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
* Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> [121003 12:42]:
My end goal is to search out a script that will place the contents
of the 8 DVD set of Debian 6.0.5 on a hard drive in such a way that
the hard disk can be accessed by apt-get.
Have you looked at approx? Surely approx-import can import images
mounted with the "loop" mount option?
apt-cacher-ng will do it as well.
-Rob
I went to [
http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query= ] and
looked up approx and apt-cacher, following some of the links
given on those pages.
I see no way to *COERCE* either to accomplish my goal. Both
presume topology, constraint(s) and goal(s) which differ
from mine.
Their underlying presumptions include:
1. a repository at the far end of a bandwidth limited
channel
2. unspecified number of of local machines - physical
or virtual
A. these machines are connected by LAN - physical
or virtual
B. all machines have majority of loaded software common
My real world actual situation is:
1. any standard repository is at end of ~0 bandwidth
channel -- a 56k analog modem. There be reason I bought 8
DVD set ;)
2. I have 3 computers with differing hardware:
A. two laptops with WiFi (functional) and an
Ethernet port (functionality???)
B. one desktop without WiFi {possibly has Ethernet
port, it's not physically available at moment to check}.
C. all have USB ports
D. I have USB connected hard drives with capacity to
store the contents of the DVDs. Thus I will implement a
"sneaker net".
To summarize:
I effectively _HAVE_ the contents of a relevant repository
on 8 physically discrete DVDs.
I *REQUIRE* that content to reside on a single partition of
a single disk in a form acceptable to apt-get.
For reasons I'll not go into, any solution requiring
networking of any form is irrelevant.
Restating my original subject line -- "Can someone direct me
to CURRENT ( i.e. valid for Squeeze) "user friendly"
detailed documentation of Debian repository structure?".
I searched debian.org for the keyword "repository" and
received ONE relevant hit ( of 33 hits).
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.en.html
is:
user friendly
NOT current - it labels itself explicitly as "obsolete".
NOT detailed enough on its own. [ If it were not
obsolete to an unspecified degree it _might_ contain enough
hints to required details.]
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