On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:57:18 +0100 "Bernhard R. Link" <brl...@debian.org> wrote:
> * Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> [090213 17:55]: > > The manpage for conf/distributions is correct but it should warn that if > > conf/distributions is setup wrongly for Suite and Codename, untold pain > > can ensue in the future. > > I've added the following in CVS, do you think it suffices? > > |+ > |+Note that this name is not supposed to change. > |+You most likely \fBnever ever\fP want a name like \fBtesting\fP > |+or \fBstable\fP here (those are suite names and supposed to point > |+to another distribution later). Yes, that would be good - added to the Codename stanza, I assume. > Unless you have Tracking enabled and have additional files stored in > the pool (like .changes files), the easiest way is just to copy the > distribution: (mental note: investigate tracking.) :-) (Beginning to think that Log: could be used to feed RSS too.) > 1) remove all symlinks in dists/ that should be replaced by proper > distributions remove the broken suites from conf/distributions as well? As suites are optional? > 2) add new distributions in conf/distributions with the correct > Codenames. So, now we have (corrected) Codenames of etch, lenny, sid *and* old codenames of stable, testing and unstable - all as codenames? > 3) copy all packages (either with temporary pull lines, or with > a copyfilter for everything like > $ reprepro copyfilter etch stable 'Package' > ) > 4) check that everything is copied properly > 5) remove the old distributions, remove the Pull: options from the > new ones, add Suite: (if not already done) and run createsymlinks > and clearvanished (to be extra sure, run dumpunreferenced before > clearvanished and run --keepunreferenced clearvanished and then check > if something lost its last reference (should not if everything was > copied)). I think I'll test that a few times on other (local) broken repositories before trying it on the live server. ;-) Thanks for the tips. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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