[csw-users] [csw-pkgrequests] package request

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Sebastian,

Am 01.03.2010 um 23:14 schrieb Sebastian Kayser:

> Dagobert Michelsen wrote on 01.03.2010 23:00:
>> Am 01.03.2010 um 22:51 schrieb Sebastian Kayser:
>>> Dagobert Michelsen wrote on 01.03.2010 22:37:
>>>> Am 01.03.2010 um 22:25 schrieb Claus Divossen:
>>>>> Today, I created a local mirror with the packages
>>>>> required for Puppet and it's dependencies, which makes  
>>>>> installation
>>>>> really
>>>>> fast and very simple.
>>>> You are aware that there is a specific mode --stream in pkgutil  
>>>> which
>>>> downloads all the dependencies you need and make a pkgstream out of
>>>> it?
>>> Dago, do we already have a Wiki page on how to set up a local
>>> repository, possibly one without direct internet connection? If not
>>> I am
>>> gonna create one, especially since "pkgutil --stream" plus your  
>>> script
>>> to build the experimental catalogs can make life a lot easier in
>>> such a
>>> situation.
>>
>> Not that I know of. This
>>   <http://pkgutil.wikidot.com/use-with-examples>
>> would IMHO be a good place (or even make a new toplevel item for it).
>
> Yup, looks like a good location indeed (we might think about linking  
> it
> somewhere from the CSW wiki though, or is it possible to integrate  
> other
> wikidot pages into the search results?).
>
> Peter, what do you think adding a short paragraph on how to build a
> local offline repository (containing a subset of CSW packages) with
> pkgutil and cswcatalog [1]?
>
> * pkgutil -T <arch>:<osrel> -d <pkgs>

I would add '--stream' and | pbzip2 -9 > <pkg-bundle.pkg.bz2>

> * magically transport pkgs to offline site

bzip2 -c -d <pkg-bundle.pkg.bz2> | pkgtrans /dev/fd/0 <dir_with_pkgs>  
all

> * cswcatalog --pkgdir <dir_with_pkgs> --repodir <basedir_for_repo>
>
> Regarding --stream, my usual use case for --stream would be a single
> offline host installation, not quite sure whether it makes sense when
> building an offline repository which is to be used for multiple hosts.
>
> Sebastian
>
> [1]https://opencsw.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/opencsw/buildfarm/bin/cswcatalog


Best regards

   -- Dago