NCM::Component::spma::apt¶
NAME¶
NCM::Component::spma::apt - NCM SPMA backend for apt
SYNOPSIS¶
This document describes how to control the behaviour of the package manager itself. For information on how to manage packages with Quattor, please check http://quattor.org/documentation/2013/04/05/package-management.html.
DESCRIPTION¶
This plugin implements an apt backend for ncm-spma, the approach taken is to defer as much work as possible to apt.
A single SPMA run consists of the following steps:
Setup source directory if required
Remove sources that are not found in the profile
Update source cache from upstream sources
Upgrade already installed packages
Install packages specified in the profile that are not installed
Mark any packages installed but not in the profile as automatically installed
Ask apt to remove all automatically installed packages that are not satisfying dependencies of other packages
RESOURCES¶
Only a very minimal schema is implemented.
Sources listed under /software/repositories will be configured,
URLs should be followed by the suite and sections required e.g. http://example.org/debian unstable main
Packages listed under /software/packages will be installed, version and architecture locking (including multiarch) is fully implemented.
