Bug#653860: reprepro: missing Release in debian-installer directory
* Geert Stappers [111231 18:12]: > When creating an udeb only aptable archive, > there is no Release file created in the debian-installer directory. > The Packages file is created. The regular aptable archive does > get a Release file and an empty Packages file. > > It could be my ignorance, but to me it is strange behaviour of reprepro. > Creating a empty Package file, an unwanted / unneeded Release file > and neglecting to create the wanted / expected Release. Reprepro does not support a udeb-only archive, you can only have a deb+udeb archive (thus the empty Package file outside debian-installer). The Release file in debian-installer is not created because when I wrote that part of the code the Debian archive did not have a Release file there either (The format of the Debian archive is not documented at all and changes quite a lot). > What is needed for a Release file in the debian-installer directory? To have a Release file generated, it should be enough to add the proper UDebIndices field. (Take a look at the manpage and use the DebIndices default as UDebIndices value). Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#653860: reprepro: missing Release in debian-installer directory
Package: reprepro
Version: 4.8.2-1
Severity: normaal
Hello reprepro maintainers,
When creating an udeb only aptable archive,
there is no Release file created in the debian-installer directory.
The Packages file is created. The regular aptable archive does
get a Release file and an empty Packages file.
It could be my ignorance, but to me it is strange behaviour of reprepro.
Creating a empty Package file, an unwanted / unneeded Release file
and neglecting to create the wanted / expected Release.
It is reproducable with the attached script.
Part of it output is:
aptablearchive/pool/main/a/anna/anna_1.33_mipsel.udeb
aptablearchive/dists/demo/Release
aptablearchive/dists/demo/main/binary-mipsel/Packages.gz
aptablearchive/dists/demo/main/binary-mipsel/Release
aptablearchive/dists/demo/main/binary-mipsel/Packages
aptablearchive/dists/demo/main/debian-installer/binary-mipsel/Packages.gz
aptablearchive/dists/demo/main/debian-installer/binary-mipsel/Packages
What is needed for a Release file in the debian-installer directory?
Cheers
Geert Stappers
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages reprepro depends on:
ii libarchive1 2.8.5-5 Multi-format archive and compressi
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.13-24 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdb5.15.1.29-1 Berkeley v5.1 Database Libraries [
ii libgpg-error0 1.10-1 library for common error values an
ii libgpgme11 1.2.0-1.4GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages reprepro recommends:
ii apt 0.8.15.9 Advanced front-end for dpkg
Versions of packages reprepro suggests:
pn gnupg-agent(no description available)
pn inoticoming(no description available)
pn lzip (no description available)
ii lzma 4.43-14Compression method of 7z format in
ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2XZ-format compression utilities
-- no debconf information
- End forwarded message -
--
Groeten
Geert Stappers
--
> And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting?
Yes.
#!/bin/bash
#
rm -rf demo # fresh start
mkdir demo # new directory
cd demo
mkdir conf aptablearchive
#
cat << HERE > conf/distributions
#
Origin: demo
Label: demo
Suite: stable
Codename: demo
Version: 3.14159
Architectures: mipsel
Components: main
UDebComponents: main
Description: Just for Demonstrating purpose
# SignWith: nope
DebOverride: override
UDebOverride: override
#
# l l
HERE
echo '# logically empty' > conf/override
# get an udeb
U=anna_1.33_mipsel.udeb
wget -q http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/anna/${U}
# now reproduce a repository
reprepro --basedir ./ \
--outdir ./aptablearchive/ \
--component main \
includeudeb demo ${U}
echo All files:
find aptablearchive -type f
echo Releases:
find aptablearchive -name Release
echo 'Packages (plus size):'
find aptablearchive -name Packages -ls
#
echo '# suggested clean up: rm -rf demo'
#
# l l
