van.reposync 1.0.1

Description:

van.reposync 1.0.1

Mirror a pypi-style egg repository from a debian APT repository

Disclaimer
This package depends on an as-yet-unreleased version of python-apt (0.8) for
which it seems the only download location is debian’s experimental
distribution. Currently the version there is 0.7.91.
While this code is tested for simple cases, a lot of the different failure
modes have not been tested. So if it breaks for you, please add your failure to
the automated tests and submit a patch!


Use
Doctest setup (so we can test the documentation):

>>> import tempfile, os
>>> tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()

>>> from van.reposync import tests
>>> tests_dir = os.path.dirname(tests.__file__)
>>> sources1_list = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'sources1.list')
>>> open(sources1_list, 'w').write(open(os.path.join(tests_dir, 'sources1.list'), 'r').read() % {'tests_dir': tests_dir})


We provide one binary van-reposync which can be run to perform the
synchronization. The first time it’s run, it requires an –apt-sources
parameter pointing at an apt sources.list file containing the apt-repositories
you wish to mirror. It is important that the .list file contain matching deb
and deb-src lines (mirroring needs both binary and source packages):

>>> tests.runit('van-reposync sync --root %s --apt-sources %s' % (tmp_dir, sources1_list))


After it’s done, you will see that the directory you pointed the tool at
contains an apt configuration, buildout configuration and tarballs linked into
a pypi-style repository.
The next run does not require the apt-sources command, and should be a lot faster:

>>> tests.runit('van-reposync sync --root %s' % tmp_dir)


TearDown

>>> import shutil
>>> shutil.rmtree(tmp_dir)



Changes



1.0.1 (2009-06-15)

Fix buildout versions file syntax.
Use a very simple layout of pypi repository. All the tarballs in one directory.



1.0.0 (2009-06-15)

Initial Release.