Re: [PATCH 0/9] Introduce local apt repo to cache upstream debian packages for offline usage

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 02.10.18 14:18, Maxim Yu. Osipov wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> This series by Alexander Smirnov,
> 
> 1) Introduces dedicated local apt (base-apt) repo for upstream Debian packages
> 
> 2) Caches in base-apt repo upstream Debian packages during image generation.
> 
> 3) After this step, image can be built offline using only base-apt repo.
> 
> Usage instructions can be found in the last patch.
>   
> TODO:
> Sign the repo with gpg

There are more, in fact:

- enable support for cross-build: dependencies of buildchroot-target are
   not cached which breaks the rebuild - probably related to the strange
   way of creating the repo via a task. Maybe apt-cacher can help.

- move base_apt out of tmp - it belongs to downloads. That will also
   make it easier to purge tmp completely in order trigger a rebuild.

- get rid of the control knobs, at least make them opt-out instead of
   opt-in. I see no reason why the cache can't be created by default and
   why it can't be used by default if it's there - we do the same with
   other downloads.

I'm also curious if the apt-cacher-ng Henning mentioned can help to make things 
simpler.

Thanks,
Jan

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