On 10/27/05, Phil Scarratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Surely there are tools out there to do this, but if not, wouldn't a
> script that did the following work:
>
> 1. Obtained a list of contents of the upstream repository
> 2. Compare that list to the local contents
> 3. Wget anything not in the local contents list
> 4. rm anything not in the upstream repository

It's called "mirror", for instance. Or use "rsync" if that's provided.

The question is whether he'd like to have a full local mirror of the
repository or just the package he actually installs.

--Amos
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