Re: download-only and local mirrors don't interact well

2001-03-06 Thread Mark W. Eichin
oops, except that it doesn't work at all: > Err copy: unstable/main Packages > Failed to stat - stat (2 No such file or directory) seems that copy: *only* looks for the Packages.gz, where as file: will use either Packages or Packages.gz... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: download-only and local mirrors don't interact well

2001-03-06 Thread Mark W. Eichin
ooh, and that's even in sources.list(5). neat. thanks!_Mark_ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: download-only and local mirrors don't interact well

2001-03-06 Thread Joey Hess
Mark W. Eichin wrote: > re:"- remove rsync mirroring stuff; we get packages as needed apt-get" > > as far as I can tell it doesn't play well with a local mirror -- > apt-get doesn't actually copy anything in download-only mode... which > makes sense, but breaks this usage :-) I don't see an o

Re: download-only and local mirrors don't interact well

2001-03-05 Thread Mark W. Eichin
Manually using --print-uris to generate symlinks worked ok. for i in $(apt-get --print-uris --yes -o Dir::State=$PWD/download/state -o Debug::NoLocking=true -o Dir::Cache=$PWD/download/cache -o Dir::State::status=$PWD/download/status -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=$PWD/localsources.list --download-on

download-only and local mirrors don't interact well

2001-03-05 Thread Mark W. Eichin
re:"- remove rsync mirroring stuff; we get packages as needed apt-get" as far as I can tell it doesn't play well with a local mirror -- apt-get doesn't actually copy anything in download-only mode... which makes sense, but breaks this usage :-) I don't see an obvious flag to change that, look