Bug#387938: [Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#387938: rootstrap: run apt-get upgrade after installing sources.list?

[Mattia Dongili]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 05:45:50PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Package: rootstrap
> Version: 0.3.23-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hi,
> 
> might it be useful, to run apt-get upgrade after installing a custom
> sources.list? The new sources.list might contain the security updates
> source and there may be newer versions available than installed by
> debootstrap.
> 
> I tried the following:
> 
> to rootstrap.conf, section [debian] I added (below apt_force_yes)
> 
> # Run apt-get upgrade after updating the package lists, useful e.g.
> # after adding the security updates archive using sources= (see above)
> apt_upgrade=true
> 
> and to modules/debian I added (between 'apt-get update' and
> 'apt-get install'):
> 
>     if test "$apt_upgrade" = "true"; then
>         chroot $TARGET apt-get $apt_options upgrade
>     fi
> 
> One caveat: this currently only works if $install is not empty.
> 
> Furthermore I'd like to have the possibility to run 'apt-get update'
> after 'apt-get install', again. I have local packages that install new
> trusted keys for some local package archive (using apt_force_yes=true).
> Running 'apt-get update' again would refresh the package lists using the
> newly configured trusted keys.
> (The first package list update is only done if $install is not empty,
> too.)

ok, let's try to summarize (commands are intentionally incomplete):

  if test -n "$install"; then
	...
	apt-get update
	if test -n "$sources"; then
		#
		# is this enough to tell you want an up-to-date 
		# system wrt your preferred sources?
		#
		apt-get upgrade # dist-upgrade ?
	fi
	apt-get install
	...
  else if test -n "$sources"; then
	apt-get update
	apt-get upgrade # dist-upgrade ?
  fi

I'm only missing the last "apt-get update", if the only really useful
case is the one you described we could make it depend on the the output
of "apt-key list" being different before and after upgrading.
Or we (I actually as you already suggested something different) smarter
and manage additionl keys by means of apt-key _before_ running the whole
code described above.

Thanks again
-- 
mattia
:wq!