Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-17 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 12.04.2012 19:00, schrieb Bob Proulx: > Malte Forkel wrote: >>> Dir::Etc::SourceList "$cnf_dir/sources.list"; >>> Dir::State::Lists "$cache_dir/lists"; >>> Dir::Cache "$cache_dir/cache"; >> >> In lieu of a specialized tool, that's a very clever idea. I just wonder: >> How can I make sure n

Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Malte Forkel wrote: > > Dir::Etc::SourceList "$cnf_dir/sources.list"; > > Dir::State::Lists "$cache_dir/lists"; > > Dir::Cache "$cache_dir/cache"; > > In lieu of a specialized tool, that's a very clever idea. I just wonder: > How can I make sure nothing strange happens because another proces

Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-12 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 11.04.2012 22:31, schrieb Bob Proulx: > You could create a second sources.list with the repository listed in > it. Then point to that configuration file on the command line. You > could use this secondary configuration for downloading the file. > > See the 'apt-get --config-file' option. It

Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-12 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 11.04.2012 15:59, schrieb Camaleón: > > If the repository does not follow Debian mirror rules nor package naming, > it's almost impossible to decipher the URI from a given ".dsc" file, it > can be hosted anywhere in the server. > > Otherwise, if it uses conventional Debian packaging rules, y

Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Malte Forkel wrote: > I'm still looking for a tool that will determine the URI of the source > package's .dsc file, given a repository base URI and a package name. You could create a second sources.list with the repository listed in it. Then point to that configuration file on the command line.

Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-11 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:23:26 +0200, Malte Forkel wrote: > Am 06.04.2012 19:03, schrieb Andrei POPESCU: >> >> Not what you're asking for, but debcheckout (in package devscripts) may >> be useful for you. >> >> > Thanks, Andrei. Not quite what I need, unfortenately. > > I'm still looking for a t

Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-11 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 06.04.2012 19:03, schrieb Andrei POPESCU: > > Not what you're asking for, but debcheckout (in package devscripts) may > be useful for you. > Thanks, Andrei. Not quite what I need, unfortenately. I'm still looking for a tool that will determine the URI of the source package's .dsc file, give

Re: How to retrieve package source from arbitrary repository

2012-04-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 06 apr 12, 12:08:31, Malte Forkel wrote: > > Is there a tool that will determine the .dsc file's URI given the > repository's base URI, the distribution name, and the package name? I > guess it would have to download and parse the Source control files, > ideally caching them for later use.