apt-sync

lp:~felix-feyertag/apt-sync/main

Created by Felix Feyertag on 2005-12-31 and last modified on 2008-06-26

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apt-sync is based on rsync/zsync, extended to specifically handle .deb files effectively. This makes it possible for a client to update Debian packages without downloading redundant data.

This project is part of the Google Summer of Code 2006

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Owner:: Felix Feyertag

Project:: apt-sync

Status:: Mature

Location:: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ff/apt-sync

Last mirrored:: 2010-08-16

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86. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-05-25: * Bug fix
85. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-05-19: * Bug fixes
84. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-05-19: * Neil Shepperd: Improved URL handling
83. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-05-10:   * Apply patch by Neil Shepperd:
    - replace gzparse.ParsedFile with methods
    - improved efficiency
82. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-04-30:   * Fix efficiency issues, don't read entire file into memory
  * Replace minigzip with python code
  * Bug fixes
81. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-04-24:   * Neil Shepperd:
    - Save gzip header in .aptsync file
    - Replace minigzip.c with python script
80. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-04-17:   * Better urls patch by Neil Shepperd:
    1. You can call "aptsync -u
       http://debs.example.com/path/to/program.deb" and that will download the
       file from that exact location, if the aptsync file was named
       XXX.deb.aptsync
    2. You can call <U+FEFF>"aptsync -u
       http://debs.example.com/path/to/pool" (with or without '/' at the end)
       and that will download the file from
       "http://debs.example.com/path/to/pool/main/p/program/program_XXX_arch.deb"
       that exact location, if the aptsync file had the URL set to
       "main/p/program/program_XXX_arch.deb"
79. By Felix Feyertag <ff@atalanta> on 2008-04-17:   * More consistent naming: aptsync instead of apt-sync
  * Remove archaic testing instructions
  * aptsync:
     - Better handling when checksum validation fails
     - Several bugfixes
  * test/scripts/apt-sync-cgi.py: Clean up temp directory when done
78. By Felix Feyertag <ff@pantalaimon> on 2007-06-18:   * src/apt-sync.cc: fixed APT size-mismatch complaint
  * make/install scripts: improved
  * aptsync: minor improvements
77. By Felix Feyertag <ff@pantalaimon> on 2007-06-17: * improve error handling: aptsync doesn't crash any more but reports
proper error messages

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