[SOLVED] gbd and general repository

[sling-shot]

Is it correct that gbd command is used to create / update a local repository of built packages?

Is it possible to update this local repository indexes without also updating the general repository indexes (which happens when we run gbd and answer Yes) ?

[Just17]

All I can say is your question does not quite make sense to 'me' .....  but you might be assuming a particular set up .....

I use gbd on my local repository which is separate to my copy of the main repository (which I do not interfere with)

[sling-shot]

Here is a sample commandline output for gbd :

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[packager@localhost ~]$ gbd
rm -f /home/packager/src/apt/pclinuxos/2010/base/*
genbasedir --flat --bz2only --progress /home/packager/src/apt/pclinuxos/2010 athlon i586 noarch
Components: athlon i586 noarch
Processing pkglists... athlon i586 0004/0004 noarch 0005/0005 [done]
Processing srclists... [done]
Updating component releases... athlon i586 noarch [done]
Creating global release file... [done]
Appending MD5Sum... athlon i586 noarch [done]
All your base are belong to us!!!

Update apt package list? [y/N] y

Please enter root Password:
Get:1 http://ftp.nluug.nl megagames release [503B]
Get:2 http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010 release [2884B]
Fetched 3387B in 5s (572B/s)
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl megagames/megagames pkglist               
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl megagames/megagames release
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/main pkglist
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/main release
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/updates pkglist
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/updates release
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/nonfree pkglist
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/nonfree release
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/kde pkglist
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/kde release
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/games pkglist
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/games release
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/xfce4 pkglist
Hit http://ftp.nluug.nl pclinuxos/2010/xfce4 release
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done

Note that there is a question asked in the middle for which if I answer No, my local repo is not updated.

In the last part, if the earlier answer was Yes, it hits the public mirrors to get the latest repository list. If I do not have an internet connection, then it fails with error.

I want an ability to update only the local repository which is what changes when I package, correct errors, repackage etc.

[Just17]

Updating the database for my local repo only, I use

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genbasedir --flat --bz2only --progress /media/repos/32bit_Local_Repository/pclinuxos/2010
whenever I add or delete an RPM.

[TerryN]

Is it possible to update this local repository indexes without also updating the general repository indexes (which happens when we run gbd and answer Yes) ?

Only by unticking the general repository in synaptic (or commenting it out in sources.list).

Terry.

[sling-shot]

Solved. Thanks for the help