reprepro can generate snapshots of distributions. But the restore of a snapshot does not work.
Steps to reproduce the problem in a clean directory:
1) mkdir conf/
2) cat > conf/distributions << EOF
Codename: testcode
Description: testdesc
Architectures: amd64 source
Components: main
Contents: .gz
EOF
3) reprepro includedeb testcode hello-debhelper_2.7-2_amd64.deb #Include a deb
4) reprepro gensnapshot testcode mysnapshot # generates a snapshot under dists/testcode/snashot
5) reprepro includedeb testcode hello-debhelper_2.7-2dtag1_amd64.deb #Include another deb (this is just another rebuild with a different version number)
6) restore testcode mysnapshot hello-debhelper #should restore the package but nothing happens
The last step should restore the package but that does not work. The fix for that can be found upstream: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=mirrorer/reprepro.git;a=commitdiff;h=38bdd869f617e8872e3194501bd79e3ecc94e425
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: reprepro 4.8.2-1build1
Uname: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 23 07:00:16 2014
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: reprepro
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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