configured apt for the debian snapshot corresponding to R-2.15.1-4

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configured apt for the debian snapshot corresponding to R-2.15.1-4 #3

Closed kforner closed 10 years ago

kforner commented 10 years ago

Proof of concept of using debian snapshot. Some hints:

use the same debian version that in the snapshot (look at dists/ dir)
use apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update to update apt

cboettig commented 10 years ago

Very nice, thanks! The use of the corresponding debian version and apt-get -o Acquire looks like the same strategy I tried in order to add R-2.12.0: https://github.com/rocker-org/rocker-versioned/blob/master/binary/2.12.0-repo/ without success.

My understanding is that this strategy is not always guaranteed to work (see issue #2 and the SO discussion linked), though perhaps some fiddling might fix that case.

kforner commented 6 years ago

@cboettig Just a quick follow-up question: this approach seemed to work even for the R-2.12.0 case you cited. Are there other issues ?