[Piuparts-devel] Bug#512458: Bug#512458: Add offline instructions

[Lars Wirzenius]

pe, 2009-01-23 kello 06:14 +0800, jidanni at jidanni.org kirjoitti:
> And the user recently did a apt-get update, so /var/lib/apt/lists is
> fully up to date.
> $ ls /var/lib/apt/lists|wc -l
> 24
> 
> The user is now offline, and wants to do
> # piuparts -m ... --bindmount= ... bla.deb
> and cannot figure out what to use, to make sure all 24 files will be
> accessible to piuparts if needed, etc.

If apt can access the directory you give to --bindmount as a mirror,
then it works. If something needs to be done for that, then that needs
to be documented elsewhere. The piuparts manpage is for documenting
piuparts, not how to set up apt repositories.

> Another question is if he uses --bindmount=/var/lib/apt/lists, will he
> risk injuring any of those files?

Of course.