Re: make CD of only newest 3 months of sid

2003-01-08 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:51:31PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > [add a ftp mirror to sources.list and run] > F> apt-get update # a few megabytes > > hmm, this would have permanent effects... but then I can just restore > sources.list back to just my listing my current cds to make those > effects g

Re: make CD of only newest 3 months of sid

2003-01-07 Thread Travis Crump
Dan Jacobson wrote: F> get those packages with wget -i file and put the on a cd or laptop apparently figuring out by hand how much to put on each cd... [PS, what happens one day when debian has one package so big that it wont fit on one cd :-)] I would be surprised if you managed to fill up on

Re: make CD of only newest 3 months of sid

2003-01-07 Thread Dan Jacobson
[add a ftp mirror to sources.list and run] F> apt-get update # a few megabytes hmm, this would have permanent effects... but then I can just restore sources.list back to just my listing my current cds to make those effects go away later? Apparently all it does is add files to /var/lib/apt/lists I

Re: make CD of only newest 3 months of sid

2003-01-07 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 03:20:20AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 11:58, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > Dear Debian Sirs, a few months ago I want to town and my friend made > > me 10 cd's: _Sid_ - fsn.hu unofficial i386 Binary (20021010)] > > > > Now if I go to town again can I say, ha

Re: make CD of only newest 3 months of sid

2003-01-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 11:58, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Dear Debian Sirs, a few months ago I want to town and my friend made > me 10 cd's: _Sid_ - fsn.hu unofficial i386 Binary (20021010)] > > Now if I go to town again can I say, have him use the "jigdo" > mechanism to make just a few cd's that hold on

make CD of only newest 3 months of sid

2003-01-06 Thread Dan Jacobson
Dear Debian Sirs, a few months ago I want to town and my friend made me 10 cd's: _Sid_ - fsn.hu unofficial i386 Binary (20021010)] Now if I go to town again can I say, have him use the "jigdo" mechanism to make just a few cd's that hold only the changes to sid since 20021010, avoiding the embarras