security updates download

On 13 Feb 2007 12:55:11 -0800, onlineviewer wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Is there a way to download and save all of the sarge security updates.
> I need to burn them to cd. I have a few machines which have no
> internet access, so i can not grab them with apt. Suggestions?

apt-zip can write a script for you to download the packages on a Linux
system with internet access, but I think you still need to get updated
package lists onto the systems without internet access.

I wish it were possible to just grab a package list (dpkg -l), then
feed this to some program that would get all the possible updates.
And perhaps the program would be available for Windows too...

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On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 12:55:11PM -0800, onlineviewer wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Is there a way to download and save all of the sarge security updates.
> I need to burn them to cd. I have a few machines which have no
> internet access, so i can not grab them with apt. Suggestions?

Sorry I can't be more specific at the moment but I'm using all my
limited bandwidte to update Etch after being away for a month.

I think there's a package for making custom debian CDs. I think that
what you would do is use dpkg --get-selections on your target machines
and create a list of all the packages you need. Then using this list
tell this CD-maker to make CDs that contain the current debs for these
packages.

I hope this helps point you in a useful direction.

Doug.

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