Re: [Apt-proxy-users] Keeping cache clean under various circumstances

[Chris H. <ha...@de...>]

On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 15:52, mi wrote:
> Chris Halls wrote:
> >>* Can i delete the dkg-name.links directory which apt-proxy-import creates
> >>   (containing links to apt cache) manually ?
> > Yes.  Normally it would be deleted anyway (maybe it was interrupted)?
> ok.
> I used a-p-import two times, one with 'debug' option and one without 
> any option,
> and both times it created the link dir without removing it.

That's odd.  The code only leaves the directory if the DEBUG variable is
set:

    # remove directory if not debugging
    [ -z "$DEBUG" ] && rm -rf "$APT_PROXY_CACHE/dpkg-name.links/"

> Would there be a problem if unattached links pile up there,
> after cleaning the apt-cache ?

No because that directory is only used by a-p-i

> > Not really.  It will eventually clean the files up, but you can clean
> > them by hand too, if you want.
> ok.
> I just see a-p creates a 'packages.gz' as well as a 'packages' by 
> default, when updating from the net.
> Why redundancy ?

If you are using an rsync backend, it is more efficient to rsync
'Packages', so it does that, and then uses gzip to make a Packages.gz to
send to clients.

> One more question, for gnome2.2 backport i got a 'Release.nonexist'.
> Is this a problem somehow ? I mean, there must be some good reason for 
> a release file ?
> Package download to clients seem to work, though.

It's not a big problem - a Release file contains extra information about
a backend but is not essential.  a-p cache's the fact that the Release
file does not exist so it does not have to try the backend too
frequently.

> > If you're just starting out with apt-proxy, you might want to try the
> > python rewrite, which is available from experimental and is much quicker
> > than v1.
> ok, but what do you mean with experimental ? Debian Sid ?

No, see:

http://www.de.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-resources#s-experimental

> I don't want to ditch woody/stable, hopefully a-p-2  runs under woody 
> as well ?

Oh, it needs twisted, which was not available in Woody, so no you can't
use it I'm afraid.

> Will i have to do something for a smooth transfer ?

ap2 does have upgrade scripts and should automatically update for you,
but it needs more testing.

> I'll look for the a-p website, anyway.

That's a little out of date at the moment.

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> You should add the website here.... for now i have to google ;-)

http://apt-proxy.sf.net

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Chris