van.reposync 1.0.0

Disclaimer

This package depends on an as-yet-unreleased version of python-apt (0.8) for which it seems the only download location is debian’s experimental distribution. Currently the version there is 0.7.91.

While this code is tested for simple cases, a lot of the different failure modes have not been tested. So if it breaks for you, please add your failure to the automated tests and submit a patch!

Use

Doctest setup (so we can test the documentation):

>>> import tempfile, os
>>> tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()

>>> from van.reposync import tests
>>> tests_dir = os.path.dirname(tests.__file__)
>>> sources1_list = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'sources1.list')
>>> open(sources1_list, 'w').write(open(os.path.join(tests_dir, 'sources1.list'), 'r').read() % {'tests_dir': tests_dir})

We provide one binary van-reposync which can be run to perform the synchronization. The first time it’s run, it requires an –apt-sources parameter pointing at an apt sources.list file containing the apt-repositories you wish to mirror. It is important that the .list file contain matching deb and deb-src lines (mirroring needs both binary and source packages):

>>> tests.runit('van-reposync sync --root %s --apt-sources %s' % (tmp_dir, sources1_list))

After it’s done, you will see that the directory you pointed the tool at contains an apt configuration, buildout configuration and tarballs linked into a pypi-style repository.

The next run does not require the apt-sources command, and should be a lot faster:

>>> tests.runit('van-reposync sync --root %s' % tmp_dir)

TearDown

>>> import shutil
>>> shutil.rmtree(tmp_dir)

1.0.0 (2009-06-15)

• Initial Release.