aptly publish switch

Command switches in-place published repository with new snapshot contents. distribution and prefix should be occupied with snapshot published using command aptly publish snapshot. Update happens in-place with minimum possible downtime for published repository. Valid GPG key is required for publishing.

When published repository is updated, all the options are preserved: distribution, component, list of architectures, etc.

Usage:

$ aptly publish switch <distribution> [[<endpoint:>]<prefix>] <new-snapshot>

Params:

• distribution is distribution name of published repository
• endpoint is publishing endpoint, if not specified, it would default to empty endpoint (local file system).
• prefix is publishing prefix, if not specified, it would default to empty prefix (.).
• new-snapshot is a snapshot name that should be re-published

Flags:

• -batch: run GPG with detached tty (useful when running from crontab)
• -component="": list of components to update (separate components with commas)
• -force-overwrite: overwrite packages files in the pool even if content is different (see also duplicate packages)
• -gpg-key="": GPG key ID to use when signing the release, if not specified default key is used
• -keyring="": GPG keyring to use (instead of default)
• -passphrase="": GPG passphrase to unlock private key (possibly insecure)
• -passphrase-file="": GPG passphrase file to unlock private key (possibly insecure)
• -secret-keyring="": GPG secret keyring to use (instead of default)
• -skip-cleanup: don’t remove unreferenced files in prefix/component
• -skip-contents: don’t generate Contents indexes (setting would be stored permanently for published repository)
• -skip-signing: don’t sign Release files with GPG

When switching published snapshots for multiple component repositories any subset of snapshots could be updated, they should be listed on command line with -component flag:

$ aptly publish switch -component=main,contrib wheezy wheezy-main wheezy-contrib

Flag -component could be omitted for single-component published repositories.

Example:

$ aptly publish switch wheezy wheezy-7.4
Loading packages...
Generating metadata files and linking package files...
Signing file '/var/aptly/public/dists/wheezy/Release.tmp' with gpg, please enter your passphrase when prompted:

<<gpg asks for passphrase>>

Clearsigning file '/var/aptly/public/dists/wheezy/Release.tmp' with gpg, please enter your passphrase when prompted:

<<gpg asks for passphrase>>

Cleaning up prefix "." component "main"...

Publish for local repo ./wheezy [i386, amd64] publishes {main: [wheezy-7.4]: snapshot from mirror [wheezy]: http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian/ wheezy} has been successfully updated.