project: vitual partial mirror with CGI/dpkg-repack

2002-12-08 Thread Bill Allombert
Hello developers, this is a small project proposal. 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

Re: project: vitual partial mirror with CGI/dpkg-repack

2002-12-08 Thread Robin Putters
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

Re: project: vitual partial mirror with CGI/dpkg-repack

2002-12-08 Thread Bill Allombert
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

Re: project: vitual partial mirror with CGI/dpkg-repack

2002-12-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 05:30:13PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: I will not do it myself since I know nothing about CGI programming, CGI programming is easy to learn ;-) CGI scripts or programs get whatever the client sends on his URL, starting after the '?' as a parameter, receive on their

Re: project: vitual partial mirror with CGI/dpkg-repack

2002-12-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 09:26:55PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 05:30:13PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: I will not do it myself since I know nothing about CGI programming, CGI programming is easy to learn ;-) CGI scripts or programs get whatever the client sends

Re: project: vitual partial mirror with CGI/dpkg-repack

2002-12-08 Thread Steve Dunham
Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 05:30:13PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: I will not do it myself since I know nothing about CGI programming, CGI programming is easy to learn ;-) CGI scripts or programs get whatever the client sends on his URL, starting after the '?' as a parameter,