[arch-dev-public] Syncing single repo with abs

[Travis Willard]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Travis Willard wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Travis Willard <travis at archlinux.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Travis Willard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So looking at abs I noticed it at some stage had the ability to sync
>>>>>> single
>>>>>> repos:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> abs --help
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arch Build System 2.1 -- synchronization utility
>>>>>> usage: /usr/bin/abs [options] [repository1 [repository2 ...]]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>> If no argument is given, abs will synchronize the repositories
>>>>>> specified
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> /etc/abs.conf.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But this no longer works...  I'm guessing this came about with the
>>>>>> switch
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> rsync.  Given it has been a while since the switch to rsync, I'm
>>>>>> concluding
>>>>>> that nobody actually uses this and will remove it rather than fix it.
>>>>>>  Any
>>>>>> objections?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Um, actually, that feature came about WITH the switch to rsync.  How
>>>>> doesn't it work?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, "abs core" syncs every repo, including the ones I have disabled in
>>>> /etc/abs.conf.  It is because repos are disabled from being synced, not
>>>> enabled.  Am I doing something wrong?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong.  :/  In any case, I
>>> don't think stripping that feature out is the proper way to go - it
>>> shoud be fixed if it's broken, not removed.
>>>
>>
>> Wait wait - are you talking about JUST the command-line functionality?
>>  ie. keeping the REPOS=(...) abs.conf syntax, but just removing the
>>
>> abs core
>>
>> syntax?
>>
>> I suppose that works - I thought you were planning on stripping the
>> repo-selection feature entirely.
>>
>
> I was talking about JUST the command-line functionality.  That is the bit
> the is broken and apparently no-one uses.  Selection from abs.conf will
> definitely stay.

OK, in that case I'm not so opposed. ;)  If it looks like an easy fix,
go for it, otherwise I don't think it'd hurt to lose.

In the future, I was thinking some kind of configuration or syntax to
allow people to sync a predefined list of packages, instead of whole
repos.  For example, if someone wanted to rebuild only wine, they
should be able to say "abs extra/wine" or have PKGS=(extra/wine) in
abs.conf and not be required to sync everything.

Dunno if that sounds like a good idea to you or not, but people have
requested on the forums some method to sync single packages (usually
as an argument to allow anon svn access)