1 1. Why can't the option -D be used with ftp uploads?
3 Because the ftp upload method uses anonymous upload queues, which
4 don't know anything about the user or dinstall. They will just
5 accept every Debian package and later upload it to the incoming
6 directory of ftp.upload.debian.org.
8 2. Why don't you change the suffix .cf to .conf for consistency purpose?
10 At the time, where I had to decide on a suffix for the
11 configuration file, I had the offer to user either "rc", ".cf" or
12 ".conf". If you look at the dot files in your homedir or the files
13 in /etc, you'll notice that there's no standard and that every of
14 these three extension is used. Since I wanted to have a short
15 suffix, I had to decide between "rc" or ".cf". I decided to use
16 ".cf" as suffix, because it's an obvious abbreviation for
17 configuration and also I noticed that postfix uses it as extension.
18 Since this extension has now been used for quite some time, I'm not
19 planning to change it. Any change would need a lot of work or
20 introduce problems for the users.
22 3. Why can't dput act like dupload and just use every file in the
25 Well, dput was not written as a dupload-in-Python, but as an
26 alternative tool for uploading Debian packages. dput and dupload
27 are completely different, especially since dput supports modules.
28 I only took one or two ideas from dupload, especially the hooks,
29 but won't implement any further options or features.
31 4. Why should I switch to dput since dupload works for me?
33 Because dput will make you rich and attractive.
35 Now, seriously, it's a matter of preferences. If you use dupload
36 and like its behaviour, then continue to use it. But in every
37 case, I would suggest that you try dput, since it will check the
38 GnuPG signature and the checksums before uploading and offer to run
39 dinstall in dry-run mode after the upload. It also offers the usage
40 of other upload methods via modules.
42 5. Where are modules and what are they exactly used for?
44 dput uses modules for the different upload methods that it offers.
45 All upload methods are implemented via seperate modules that will
46 be loaded at runtime. That way we can easily extend the number of
47 upload methods that dput offers. So if you write or already wrote a
48 new upload method, then please inform the author of dput, so that
49 it maybe can be added to dput in the future.
51 6. Can I just copy /etc/dput.cf into my homedir as .dput.cf?
53 No, this shouldn't be done, because .dput.cf is a configuration
54 file for the user. It should only contain configuration variables
55 which have a value different from the default and which the user
56 needs to define. This will reduce the risk of breaking dput, if
57 either some default value in /etc/dput.cf is changed or a new
58 configuration variable is added.
60 7. How can I set up my own local apt repository and use dput for
63 There are many ways to maintain apt repositories. Using Colin
64 Walters' mini-dinstall-Package is perhaps the easiest way (if you run
65 sarge or later). If you want to have the repository on a remote
66 machine, see question 8. For a local repository you might use our
68 MICRO RECIPE FOR PERSONAL MINI-DINSTALL REPOSITORY
69 The following dput and mini-dinstall configuration works for the
70 mainters of dput. For your convenience we have included a "local"
71 dput target in the stock debian dput.cf which can be used with the
72 mini-dinstall configuration below.
73 For simplicity, we do not use the daemon mode of mini-dinstall. As
74 mini-dinstall has rather flexible configuration options, you might
75 want to consider reading the documentation yourself, but the file
76 file below should work out of the box to implement most simple setup.
77 After copying the configuration file below into your home directory
78 do mkdir -p public_html/debian ; mini-dinstall --batch
79 in your home directory to setup your repository.
81 ~/.mini-dinstall.conf:
82 # Adapted Colin's mini-dinstall.conf
84 architectures = all, i386
85 archivedir = ~/public_html/debian/
88 extra_keyrings = ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
98 8. How do I set up dput to fill my remote apt repository?
100 Assuming you have remote ssh access, you can use the following
101 You can use the same mini-dinstall configuration file (and setup
102 command) as for a local repository on the remote machine.
103 As ~/.dput.cf you now can use
106 fqdn = remote.machine.net
107 login = usernameonremote
109 incoming = ~/public_html/debian/mini-dinstall/incoming
111 post_upload_command = ssh usernameonremote@remote.machine.net /usr/bin/mini-dinstall --batch