Packaging for shapshots 10.04

This is a running experiment for increasing the use of native storage of packages on DVD's pressed from a builder. I will explain what I have done, and what I believe will produce the desired results.

I began by copying every .deb on a fully installed 810 system and copying them into the new directory /var/pluto/apt-cache on a fresh 1004 Kubuntu install. I took the Packages files, merged them, copied the new large Packages file into the new directory.

I then added the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb file:///var/pluto/apt-cache /

I then registered and tarred Packages with a tiny script. I recommend keeping it a script as EVERYTHING isn't going to fit on a DVD, so as you add and remove things you will need to re-run it.

#! /bin/bash
cd /var/pluto/apt-cache
dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz

I called it lmcepac, and I put it in /usr/bin chmod u+x /usr/bin/lmcepac

From there I did a normal pre-install-from-repo/mce-install/post-install.sh Unfortunately most of the larger packages are on new versions for 1004, but not all of them. I believe that I can take the lists of installed packages from my logs, weed out HW specific ones, and edit the Packages file to correspond with the .debs. The first easiest thing to do is copy over all debs after a completed install to a directory on my NAS. I will apt-get -d the entire list as well.

Then on a builder, after fresh install, and our /var/pluto/apt-cache folder full of goodies

/usr/bin/lcmepac
/apt-get update
/apt-get dist-upgrade

And then a normal press with whatever files (and corresponding Packages file) you want native. The install scripts will still install everything in the correct order... just much faster.