Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-06 Thread Daniel B.
Alex Malinovich wrote: > > But if all you > want to do is have a full debian mirror (sid, sarge, and woody) ... No, I want a partial mirror (woody plus Gnome 2.2 backport and probably plus sarge or sid source). Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-06 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 10:52, Daniel B. wrote: > Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 02:04, Daniel B. wrote: > > > Allister McRae wrote: > > > >... There must be a > > > > way with those...you can do almost anything like you describe ... > > > > > > Last I knew, apt-get didn't have

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-06 Thread Daniel B.
Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 02:04, Daniel B. wrote: > > Allister McRae wrote: > > >... There must be a > > > way with those...you can do almost anything like you describe ... > > > > Last I knew, apt-get didn't have any mirroring capability like I > > described. Do you know of

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-06 Thread Daniel B.
Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > * Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030705 00:08]: > > > What I'd like to have it this: > > ... > > - A cron job updates my local mirror. > > - When I decide to install a package, APT installs from the local > > mirror. > > Maybe you are looking for apt-proxy? No.

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-05 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 02:04, Daniel B. wrote: > Allister McRae wrote: > > > > read into the dpkg and apt-get (maybe even apt-* files). There must be a > > way with those...you can do almost anything like you describe once you > > figure em out :) > > Last I knew, apt-get didn't have any mirroring

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-04 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030705 00:08]: > What I'd like to have it this: > - I specify what to mirror using a list of lines like in sources.list, > allowing combinations such as: > - woody > - testing (sharing pool subdirectories/files with woody) > - the Gnome2 backport to woody >

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-04 Thread Daniel B.
Allister McRae wrote: > > read into the dpkg and apt-get (maybe even apt-* files). There must be a > way with those...you can do almost anything like you describe once you > figure em out :) Last I knew, apt-get didn't have any mirroring capability like I described. Do you know of some changes,

Re: local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-04 Thread Allister McRae
read into the dpkg and apt-get (maybe even apt-* files). There must be a way with those...you can do almost anything like you describe once you figure em out :) Cheers, Allister At 06:08 PM 7/4/2003 -0400, Daniel B. wrote: For maintaining a local partial Debian mirror, is there any tool that ta

local mirror based on APT source.list format?

2003-07-04 Thread Daniel B.
For maintaining a local partial Debian mirror, is there any tool that takes an APT-style sources.list file as the specification of things to mirror? And does it download packages _before_ you decide to install them (as opposed to archiving packages after downloading them on demand)? What I'd l

Re: security.debian.org in /etc/apt/source.list

2002-09-23 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 17:07, nate wrote: > > If I'm running Debian testing, and if security updates aren't really > > applicable to a testing/unstable system, then is there any point in > > having > > > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb > > > no, since 's

Re: security.debian.org in /etc/apt/source.list

2002-09-20 Thread alnesbit
[snip] > for a short > time debian did maintain a 'testing' security update site at > security.debian.org (I think it started after the semi-recent SSH stuff > that came out), but I don't know if they still are doing it(I would expect > them to not be doing it). That would explain my confusion a

Re: security.debian.org in /etc/apt/source.list

2002-09-20 Thread nate
> If I'm running Debian testing, and if security updates aren't really > applicable to a testing/unstable system, then is there any point in > having > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb no, since 'stable' and 'testing' are different trees. for a short tim

security.debian.org in /etc/apt/source.list

2002-09-20 Thread alnesbit
If I'm running Debian testing, and if security updates aren't really applicable to a testing/unstable system, then is there any point in having deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free in

Re: Could someone send me /etc/apt/source.list from sid?

2002-05-28 Thread Steve Juranich
In case you haven't already been flooded with these: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free Good luck. -- Stephen

Could someone send me /etc/apt/source.list from sid?

2002-05-28 Thread JW
currently have a *real* sid installation anywhere, could someone with a working sid installation email me thier /etc/apt/source.list? Thanks. - -- - Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreekso

Re: apt & source.list

2001-02-01 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:58:22AM -, Sean Bybee wrote: > Well after about a year or so of fooling around with Mandrake, I decided to > get my feet wet with Debian. Anyway, I downloaded the binary-1 and binary-2 > iso’s and I have a few questions about apt and source.list. Two of the > lin

apt & source.list

2001-01-31 Thread Sean Bybee
Well after about a year or so of fooling around with Mandrake, I decided to get my feet wet with Debian. Anyway, I downloaded the binary-1 and binary-2 iso’s and I have a few questions about apt and source.list. Two of the lines on the list are: Deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r2 _Potato_ -

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-30 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 03:41:52AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > When I issue the apt-setup command I get an error message, "..command not > found". What apt package am I missing? Otherwise apt works just fine. as it says below (from my previous post, ahem) > > http://www.eGroups.com/files/newb

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-20 Thread Dale Morris
It works now, after installing the base-config package thanks ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 09:30:21AM -0600, ktb wrote: > > > You should only have to have the "apt" package. > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 06:43:30AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > > actually it appears t

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-20 Thread ktb
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 09:30:21AM -0600, ktb wrote: > > You should only have to have the "apt" package. On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 06:43:30AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > actually it appears to be in the package base-config which i don't > have installed on any of my systems except a recently ins

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-20 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 09:30:21AM -0600, ktb wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 07:01:21AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > > I am using it as root. Here's the error message: > > > > lymond:/home/dlm# apt-setup > > bash: apt-setup: command not found > > > > I am sure there's another part of apt I need

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-20 Thread ktb
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 07:01:21AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > I am using it as root. Here's the error message: > > lymond:/home/dlm# apt-setup > bash: apt-setup: command not found > > I am sure there's another part of apt I need to install, but can't remember > what it is.. > My apt-get is in

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-20 Thread Dale Morris
I am using it as root. Here's the error message: lymond:/home/dlm# apt-setup bash: apt-setup: command not found I am sure there's another part of apt I need to install, but can't remember what it is.. ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 03:41:52AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: >

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-20 Thread ktb
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 03:41:52AM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > When I issue the apt-setup command I get an error message, "..command not > found". What apt package am I missing? Otherwise apt works just fine. > > thanks You have to use "apt-setup" as root. kent -- I'd really love ta wana help y

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-20 Thread Dale Morris
When I issue the apt-setup command I get an error message, "..command not found". What apt package am I missing? Otherwise apt works just fine. thanks will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:49:08AM +0100, Norman Schmidt wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > Another apt-problem..

Re: apt- source.list

2001-01-19 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:49:08AM +0100, Norman Schmidt wrote: > Hi all! > > Another apt-problem... > > I use dselect to maintain my potato servers and fetch my files via ftp. from slink (2.1) onward, the recommended choise is APT-GET... > At the moment, my list for the packages looks like thi

apt- source.list

2001-01-13 Thread Norman Schmidt
Hi all! Another apt-problem... I use dselect to maintain my potato servers and fetch my files via ftp. At the moment, my list for the packages looks like this: deb ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian potato main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian potato/non-US main contrib non-f