#597010 apt-move -> wish: parameter for changing section of package

Package:
apt-move
Source:
apt-move
Description:
maintain Debian packages in a package pool
Submitter:
Valentin Höbel
Date:
2010-09-15 21:03:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#597010#5
Date:
2010-09-15 21:01:47 UTC
From:
To:
This is more a feature request than a bug report, so consider it as
bug: wishlist :)
As far as I understand it correctly, apt-move is used to e.g. move deb
packages from the apt cache (when fai-mirror is used before) to the
mirror path, e.g. to /home/ftp/mirror/pool/..

As far as I know, apt-move looks at the section entry in
debian/control for finding out  in which directory the package has to
be moved. After apt-move is finished, the structure of the mirror
might look like this:

/home/ftp/mirror/pool/ ..
-> directory main
-> directory non-free
-> directory contrib
-> directory custom
etc.

I would like to have ALL packages in main, so therefore it is required
to tell apt-move a section for each package. Would it be possible to
maybe add a parameter such as apt-move -section=main or something
similar so apt-move is forced to move the deb package into the main
directory?

Thanks in advance for your time and efforts.

Best regards,
Valentin Höbel
Germany

I am using Debian lenny and Ubuntu lucid lynx (affects all versions).