Brisbane Install Fest

[Jared Norris]

On 31 December 2011 12:03, Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com>
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Saturday, 31 December 2011 11:49 AM
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> Subject: Re: Brisbane Install Fest
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> That's why you do it with iptables (and possibly some dummy dns entries
> using dnsmasq).  If you rsync the repos you don't have to worry about
> building the indexes and you can update only the bits which have changed
> since the initial sync.
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> We're trying to update new installs.  As far as I'm aware it's necessary to
> get the software indexes (apt-get update) so that apt-get (or update manage)
> can get only the required packages and their indexes.
>
> Good point though, if the indexes are part of the repositories, and they've
> been updated fully with rsync, then it might not be necessary to build the
> index at all - the apt-get system may just be able to use the indexes as is,
> at the point when they were last rsync'ed.  We will just have to give the
> correct addresses to the various repositories.

The command I use to download and subsequently update the repository is:

rsync -vtlrh --stats --delete --exclude .~tmp~/
www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au::ubuntu /media/UbuntuAUReposito/Ubuntu/

Of course, I can rename the target directory at any stage if it will
make our lives easier. This all sits on a 1tb USB hdd.

> Jarad?  Please enlighten us.  ;-)
> Did you get the indexes along with all those nice .deb packages?

No idea, I'm a simple end user who knows enough to get himself into
trouble and occasionally back out of it ;)

> If you've got the repo drives plugged into a network somewhere just add them
> to the software sources (and maybe turn off the normal main, universe,
> restricted, and multiverse) and give them a spin.

I also have the medibuntu stuff if that's useful at all.

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> Chris
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Let me know if more information is needed.

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Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
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