On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:44:02AM -0700, Lucas Albers wrote: > Is their any fundamental reason why apt-get could not use rsync in > addition to it's current method? > This should be inherently faster.??
It would impose too much load on the servers; rsync is a bit of a pain that way. It's been proposed and rejected. > Creating iso image from jigdo-file. > Assume I want to add in some additional packages onto my stable install cd. > Just do thus: > apt-get -d install packages. > Then copy the deb files to my loopback mounted jigdo iso cd image. > I could then install them with dpgk -i packagename. > How hard is it to make it so apt-get when pointing to the cd as a > repositry, can install the packages correctly? Use dpkg-scanpackages to update the Packages file (and remember to gzip it, so you've got Packages.gz). > Do you think we are going to have some gpg checking of packages, as the > default for apt-get anytime soon? For individual packages, probably at some point, but I'm not sure about soon. Note that we *do* have a GPG signature trail back to Release.gpg which is sufficient for you to verify the packages in the main archive. See the Securing Debian Manual for more information. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
