On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 07:05:16PM +0100, Robin Putters wrote: > > The idea would be to write a cgi-script that automatically dpkg-repack the > > package it is asked to deliver, so that we can build a virtual apt-get'able > > partial mirror of the package installed on the box. > > > > This would allow to upgrade a box from an already installed one without > > any media. > > > > I will not do it myself since I know nothing about CGI programming, > > but I thing it could be fun and useful. > > > What's wrong with apt-proxy?
You need access to an archive to build your local proxy and also this take lots of disk-space. With dpkg-repack, you just need to have the package installed, you do not need to have it in the apt cache in particular. If you want to update a dozen of random packages, it is tedious to do dpkg-repack manually, but it is a waste to maintain a *real* partial mirror for that. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is no record of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] package, and no bugs have been filed against it.