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authorMichael Vogt <egon@tas>2008-10-28 18:45:36 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <egon@tas>2008-10-28 18:45:36 +0100
commit742f980e2df763c76431026bd0e03f724797cc50 (patch)
tree9e8ae81c145f34e3e585de7cb5678dffbdfe1afe /doc/offline.sgml
parentcfb776e816dc21c27f422216a9aff8700b28f30b (diff)
parentd210bd7f6a72a2b24a1402f51b39c61438482827 (diff)
* apt-ftparchive might write corrupt Release files (LP: #46439)
* Apply --important option to apt-cache depends (LP: #16947) * apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc: - Added fallback to uncompressed 'Packages' if neither 'bz2' nor 'gz' available. (Closes: #409284) * apt-pkg/algorithm.cc: - Strip username and password from source URL in error message. (Closes: #425150) * Fix typos: - apt-pkg/depcache.cc * Fix compilation warnings: - apt-pkg/acquire.cc - apt-pkg/versionmatch.cc * Compilation fixes and portability improvement for compiling APT against non-GNU libc (thanks to Martin Koeppe, closes: #392063): - buildlib/apti18n.h.in: + textdomain() and bindtextdomain() must not be visible when --disable-nls - buildlib/inttypes.h.in: undefine standard int*_t types - Append INTLLIBS to SLIBS: + cmdline/makefile + ftparchive/makefile + methods/makefile * doc/apt.conf.5.xml: - clarify whether configuration items of apt.conf are case-sensitive (thanks to Vincent McIntyre, closes: #345901) * doc/apt-cache.8.xml: - search command uses POSIX regex, and searches for virtual packages too (closes: #277536) * doc/offline.sgml: clarify remote and target hosts (thanks to Nikolaus Schulz, closes: #175940) * Fix several typos in docs, translations and debian/changelog (thanks to timeless, Nicolas Bonifas and Josh Triplett, closes: #368665, #298821, #411532, #431636, #461458) * Document apt-key finger and adv commands (thanks to Stefan Schmidt, closes: #350575) * Better documentation for apt-get --option (thanks to Tomas Pospisek, closes: #386579) * Retitle the apt-mark.8 manpage (thanks to Justin Pryzby, closes: #471276) * Better documentation on using both APT::Default-Release and /etc/apt/preferences (thanks to Ingo Saitz, closes: #145575) * doc/apt-cache.8.xml: - add missing citerefentry * Upload to unstable * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc: - Store the trigger state descriptions in a way that does not break the ABI. The approach taken makes the search for a string O(n) rather than O(lg(n)), but since n == 4, I do not consider this a major concern. If it becomes a concern, we can sort the static array and use std::equal_range(). (Closes: #499322) * apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc: - do not add multiple identical descriptions for the same language (closes: #400768) * Catalan updated. Closes: #499462 * Fix typo in cron.daily script. Closes: #486179 * Traditional Chinese updated. Closes: #488526 * German corrected and completed. Closes: #490532, #480002, #498018 * French completed * Bulgarian updated. Closes: #492473 * Slovak updated. Closes: #492475 * Galician updated. Closes: #492794 * Japanese updated. Closes: #492975 * Fix missing space in Greek translation. Closes: #493922 * Greek updated. * Brazilian Portuguese updated. * Basque updated. Closes: #496754 * Romanian updated. Closes: #492773, #488361 * Portuguese updated. Closes: #491790 * Simplified Chinese updated. Closes: #489344 * Norwegian Bokmål updated. Closes: #480022 * Czech updated. Closes: #479628, #497277 * Korean updated. Closes: #464515 * Spanish updated. Closes: #457706 * Lithuanian added. Closes: #493328 * Swedish updated. Closes: #497496 * Vietnamese updated. Closes: #497893 * Portuguese updated. Closes: #498411 * Greek updated. Closes: #498687 * Polish updated. * merge patch that enforces stricter https server certificate checking (thanks to Arnaud Ebalard, closes: #485960) * allow per-mirror specific https settings (thanks to Arnaud Ebalard, closes: #485965) * add doc/examples/apt-https-method-example.cof (thanks to Arnaud Ebalard, closes: #485964) * apt-pkg/depcache.cc: - when checking for new important deps, skip critical ones (closes: #485943) * improve apt progress reporting, display trigger actions * add DPkg::NoTriggers option so that applications that call apt/aptitude (like the installer) defer trigger processing (thanks to Joey Hess) * doc/makefile: - add examples/apt-https-method-example.conf * Russian updated. Closes: #479777, #499029 * fix FTBFS by changing build-depends to * ABI library name change because it's built against * Package that contains all the new features * Branch that contains all the new features:
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@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea
is to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch
them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is
even possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely
-different OS and a download tool like wget.
+different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <em>remote host</em> mean the
+machine downloading the packages, and <em>target host</em> the one with bad or
+no connection.
<p>
This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The
@@ -87,9 +89,9 @@ download. The disk directory structure should look like:
The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and
to use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should
contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and
-the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em>. Please note,
-if you are using a local archive you must use copy URIs, the syntax is identical
-to file URIs.
+the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> from the
+<em>target host</em>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must use
+copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs.
<p>
<em>apt.conf</em> must contain the necessary information to make APT use the
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ disc:
APT
{
/* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it tells
- the remote APT what architecture the Debian machine is */
+ the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */
Architecture "i386";
Get::Download-Only "true";
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample
configuration file in <em>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</em>.
<p>
-On the remote Debian machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy
+On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy
<em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the directories
outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and <em>lists/partial/</em>
Then take the disc to the remote machine and configure the sources.list.
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ On the remote machine execute the following:
# apt-get update
[ APT fetches the package files ]
# apt-get dist-upgrade
- [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade your machine ]
+ [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]
</example>
The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any-other standard APT commands,
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ selections back to the local computer.
<p>
Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade
-the Debian machine. Take the disc back and run:
+the target machine. Take the disc back and run:
<example>
# export APT_CONFIG="/disc/apt.conf"