specified repository as a cmdline argument

[Vincent Danen]

* Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at laiskiainen.org> [2006-08-03 19:12:07 +0300]:

> > Is it possible to have apt use a specific repository?  I don't see a way
> > to assign a repository name in sources.list, and the thing I'd like to
> > do is tell apt to use a specific repostiory when building my ISOs since
> > I'm using apt to build the install CD (like a livecd).
> > 
> > Right now if I want to do that (ie. pass an arch to my build script), I
> > have to modify sources.list and I was just wondering if there was an
> > easier way.  Essentially, I have my host OS running Annvix 1.2-RELEASE
> > (I mostly use urpmi, so I don't even have this source configured for
> > apt, so that's ok), but I'd like to be able to specify either the i586
> > rep or x86_64 rep to apt without changing my sources.list file at all.
> > 
> > Is that possible?
> 
> There's currently no way to directly enable or disable specific
> repositories from the command line (that's in the works though, see the
> big "new repository configuration ponderings" thread :)
> 
> If the sources.list entries only differ in arch, then all you need to do
> make the sources.list entry look something like this:
> 
> rpm http://some.server/ path/to/distro/$(ARCH) component1 component2 
> 
> The $(ARCH) will be substituted with the value of APT::Architecture
> config option which can be controlled from the command line so it'd
> basically be:
> # apt-get -o apt::architecture=i586 update
> # apt-get -o apt::architecture=i586 install something
> ..and similarly for x86_64.

Slick.  That will work perfectly.  Thanks!!

> If you need something more complex, you could use either different
> apt.conf for those, or perhaps just different sources.list path, they're
> also controllable from the command line, eg
> -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist="/my/build/area/sources.list.i586" 
> -o Dir::Etc::main="/my/build/area/apt.conf.x86_64"

Interesting.  Something else to keep in mind for sure then.

Thanks much!

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