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2010-02-11T12:28:04Z

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	[http://mirrorer.alioth.debian.org/ reprepro] is a tool to create and manage debian package repositories. This page documents its installation on stage.maemo.org, the Maemo repository server. Note that this is not the tool that maemo.org uses.		[http://mirrorer.alioth.debian.org/ reprepro] is a tool to create and manage debian package repositories. This page documents its installation on stage.maemo.org, the Maemo repository server. Note that this is not the tool that maemo.org uses.
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	''' Preparation '''		''' Preparation '''
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	http://alioth.debian.org/scm/viewvc.php/checkout/mirrorer/docs/manual.html?revision=HEAD&root=mirrorer<br>		http://alioth.debian.org/scm/viewvc.php/checkout/mirrorer/docs/manual.html?revision=HEAD&root=mirrorer<br>
	http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/286<br>		http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/286<br>
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		+	[[Category:Software]]

jeremiah at 22:36, 24 January 2010

2010-01-24T22:36:05Z

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-	[http://mirrorer.alioth.debian.org/ reprepro] is a tool to create and manage debian package repositories. This page documents its installation on stage.maemo.org, the Maemo repository server.	+	[http://mirrorer.alioth.debian.org/ reprepro] is a tool to create and manage debian package repositories. This page documents its installation on stage.maemo.org, the Maemo repository server. Note that this is not the tool that maemo.org uses.

jeremiah at 01:54, 30 December 2009

2009-12-30T01:54:45Z

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	inoticoming and reprepro are maintained and written by the same person.		inoticoming and reprepro are maintained and written by the same person.

-	So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming. ~~I've been advised by Bernhard Link, the author of reprepro, not to instal libdb by hand, just let reprepro pull it in as a dependency.)~~	+	So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming.

	-- Note: explicitly stating libdb4.2 does not make much sense here. aptitude will get whatever version of that crappy lib reprepro needs just fine.		-- Note: explicitly stating libdb4.2 does not make much sense here. aptitude will get whatever version of that crappy lib reprepro needs just fine.

jeremiah at 01:53, 30 December 2009

2009-12-30T01:53:52Z

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	inoticoming and reprepro are maintained and written by the same person.		inoticoming and reprepro are maintained and written by the same person.

-	So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming. (I ~~used this command:~~	+	So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming. I've been advised by Bernhard Link, the author of reprepro, not to instal libdb by hand, just let reprepro pull it in as a dependency.)
-	~~aptitude install~~ reprepro ~~inoticoming libdb4~~.2)	+

	-- Note: explicitly stating libdb4.2 does not make much sense here. aptitude will get whatever version of that crappy lib reprepro needs just fine.		-- Note: explicitly stating libdb4.2 does not make much sense here. aptitude will get whatever version of that crappy lib reprepro needs just fine.

132.230.30.159 at 18:42, 29 December 2009

2009-12-29T18:42:44Z

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	So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming. (I used this command:		So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming. (I used this command:
	aptitude install reprepro inoticoming libdb4.2)		aptitude install reprepro inoticoming libdb4.2)
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		+	-- Note: explicitly stating libdb4.2 does not make much sense here. aptitude will get whatever version of that crappy lib reprepro needs just fine.


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	Here we're putting the directories under the /srv/ directory so that we can isolate them from the rest of our web content. I have installed nginx to serve the repos because it is small and fast.		Here we're putting the directories under the /srv/ directory so that we can isolate them from the rest of our web content. I have installed nginx to serve the repos because it is small and fast.
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		+	-- Note: If you try this at home, it's usually a good idea to only make one repository and the different projects just different distributions within that. (Unless you have a reason against that, of course).

jeremiah at 20:13, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T20:13:11Z

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	Components: free non-free		Components: free non-free
	Description: Maemo.org package repositories for diablo		Description: Maemo.org package repositories for diablo
		+	Log: /var/log/repos/

	''' Logging '''		''' Logging '''

jeremiah at 20:11, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T20:11:39Z

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	Components: free non-free		Components: free non-free
	Description: Maemo.org package repositories for diablo		Description: Maemo.org package repositories for diablo
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		+	''' Logging '''
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		+	I have tried to make reprepro as verbose as possible, at least to start with. The logs are held in a directory along with the inoticoming logs in /var/log/repos/.

jeremiah at 19:28, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T19:28:37Z

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	sudo reprepro -Vb . includedeb diablo /home/jeremiah/maemo-perl-packages/libv-perl_0.13-1_all.deb		sudo reprepro -Vb . includedeb diablo /home/jeremiah/maemo-perl-packages/libv-perl_0.13-1_all.deb

-	~~Note that I am calling that command from /srv/extras~~ - ~~you'll need to make sure~~ reprepro ~~knows~~ where you are ~~so that it can find~~ the ~~right configuration file for the repo you want to add packages to~~.	+	The -b flag tells reprepro where its base dir is, here represented by the current dir (.) but you can export a variable with REPREPRO_BASE_DIR. Those type of directories are all configurable with reprepro and well documented in the man pages.

	Here is the output from that command, showing how reprepro created the needed directories and also added a tracking database as well as exported indexes;		Here is the output from that command, showing how reprepro created the needed directories and also added a tracking database as well as exported indexes;

jeremiah at 18:10, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T18:10:03Z

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	''' Preparation '''		''' Preparation '''

-	Before setting up the repositories, it ~~is a~~ good idea to have a separate	+	Before setting up the repositories, I read that it might be good idea to have a separate partitions for the repositories. From the reprepro man pages: "The most annoying problem not yet worked around is database corruption when the
-	~~partition~~ for the repositories. From the reprepro man pages: "The most	+
-	annoying problem not yet worked around is database corruption when the	+
	disk runs out of space. Ideally put the database on another partition to		disk runs out of space. Ideally put the database on another partition to
	avoid that." So it seems clear that a large disk is necessary for the package		avoid that." So it seems clear that a large disk is necessary for the package
-	repositories~~. If one is going to create a replicated repository structure,~~	+	repositories.
-	~~one can use drbd since that is now included in the linux kernel as of 2.6.33~~.	+

	reprepro has some dependencies, notably Berkeley DB, and it recommends		reprepro has some dependencies, notably Berkeley DB, and it recommends
	gnupg-agent and inoticoming. Using inotify and inoticoming to check for		gnupg-agent and inoticoming. Using inotify and inoticoming to check for
	incoming packages is also central to the repo system, it's worth noting that		incoming packages is also central to the repo system, it's worth noting that
-	inoticoming and reprepro are maintained and ~~even~~ written by the same person.	+	inoticoming and reprepro are maintained and written by the same person.

	So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming. (I used this command:		So, in short, I've installed these packages and their dependencies on the repository server: reprepro, libdb4.2, and inotincoming. (I used this command:
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	''' Set up '''		''' Set up '''

-	The first step ~~in creating a repo with reprepo is~~ to create ~~a directory under~~	+	The first step I took was to create directories for the binary deb packages:
-	~~which~~ the binary deb packages ~~will be stored, along with the data for that set of packages.~~	+

	mkdir /srv/extras/		mkdir /srv/extras/
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	mkdir /srv/extras-testing/		mkdir /srv/extras-testing/

-	~~In this case we have three directories under which we will have our 'distros'.~~	+	Here we're putting the directories under the /srv/ directory so that we can isolate them from the rest of our web content. I have installed nginx to serve the repos because it is small and fast.
-	~~These high-level directories are specific to Maemo, you can choose to create~~	+
-	~~just one directory or change the names.~~ Here we're putting the directories under	+
-	the /srv/ directory so that we can isolate them from the rest of our content.	+

jeremiah at 16:28, 28 December 2009

2009-12-28T16:28:21Z

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	''' More information '''		''' More information '''

-	http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository	+	http://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository<br>
-	http://alioth.debian.org/scm/viewvc.php/checkout/mirrorer/docs/manual.html?revision=HEAD&root=mirrorer	+	http://alioth.debian.org/scm/viewvc.php/checkout/mirrorer/docs/manual.html?revision=HEAD&root=mirrorer<br>
-	http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/286	+	http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/286<br>