beagleboneblack - Package synchronization with opkg -

we're using beaglebone black running angstrom linux , opkg package manager power of our systems. need ensure have consistent , reliable access specific versions of opkg packages. i've set in-house opkg repository. there way sync packages between repositories ? e.g. i'd copy specific packages public / not accessible repositories our internal repository, both speed , reliable access.

after fooling around various packages, etc, found way of cloning (parts of) repository using ubuntu system. here's steps took:

# install apache sudo apt-get install apache2  # install git sudo apt-get install git  # download opkg-utils yocto project git clone http://git.yoctoproject.org/git/opkg-utils  # build opkg-utils cd opkg-utils && make; cd -  # move them common directory mv opkg-utils /usr/local/share\  # add them path echo "path=\"\$path:/usr/local/share/opkg-utils\"" >> /etc/environment  # update environment source /etc/environment  # create structure of repository mkdir -p /var/www/repositories/opkg/beaglebone  # create index packages opkg-make-index -l packages.filelist -p packages /var/www/repositories/opkg/beaglebone cd /var/www/repositories/opkg/beaglebone gzip -c packages > packages.gz 

on client beaglebone blacks, setup access repository:

echo "src/gz reponame http://myserver/repositories/opkg/beaglebone" > /etc/opkg/rms-feed.conf chmod 666 /etc/opkg/reponame-feed.conf opkg update 

on developer machines, time need backup package:

#!/bin/bash  ############################################################################### # # bbb_clone_package_to_internal_repo.sh # # description: # clones ipkg / opkg package internal repository server can deployed  # beaglebone black clients on demand. can have backups in # event public server becomes temporarily or permanently  # inaccessible. # # pre-conditions: # 1) given package file must exist @ path specified.  # # post-conditions: # 1) given package file sent internal repository server. # 2) opkg repository indexes updated  # # parameters: # -p <file path.opk> : package cloned # ###############################################################################  package_file_path="" server="myserver"  err_invalid_package_file_name=1 err_package_file_not_accessible=2 err_failed_to_copy_package_to_server=3 err_failed_to_deploy_package_on_server=4  usage() { cat << eof usage: $0 [options]  script copies remote ipkg/opkg file $server server subsequent deployment beaglebone black boards.  options:     -p <file path.[io]pk>   package file deployed      -h,?                    show message  eof }  while getopts “p:h?” option     case $option in     p)         package_file_path="$optarg"         ;;     h)         usage         exit         ;;     ?)         usage         exit         ;;     esac done  if [[ -z "$package_file_path" || ! ( "$package_file_path" =~ \.[io]pk$ ) ]];     echo "the package file must not blank , must have .ipk or .opk suffix"     exit $err_invalid_package_file_name fi  # retrieve package wget -q "$package_file_path" result="$?" if [[ $result -ne 0 ]];     echo "failed retrieve file $package_file_path result $result"     exit $err_package_file_not_accessible fi   # deploy package myserver   package_file_name="$(basename $package_file_path)" repository_root="/var/www/repositories/opkg/beaglebone" scp "$package_file_name" root@$server:$repository_root result="$?" if [[ $result -ne 0 ]];      echo "failed copy file $package_file_name server result $result"     exit $err_failed_to_copy_package_to_server fi   ssh root@$server "chmod 644 $repository_root/$package_file_name; opkg-make-index -l $repository_root/packages.filelist -p $repository_root/packages -r $repository_root/packages $repository_root && gzip -c $repository_root/packages > $repository_root/packages.gz" result="$?" if [[ $result -ne 0 ]];      echo "failed deploy file $package_file_name in repository result $result"     exit $err_failed_to_deploy_package_on_server fi   exit 0