How to achieve a "delta" pull with apt-mirror ? to support different versions of the same package.

[samadhan]

I am using the apt-mirror tool to setup the local Debian APT mirror. It works fine for me.

I would like to know if apt-mirror supports a "delta" pull.?
If it does, how does it work? If it does not, is there a way to achieve a "delta" pull with apt-mirror ?

Specific Inquiry:​

I want different versions of the same package if available while mirroring to check the differences between my initially downloaded/mirrored packages and the new pull/mirroring packages. If the same package version is available, it should do nothing. If a new version is available, it should add a tag or rename the existing packages.

Reference:​

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/reprepro
https://wiki.debian.org/Debtags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570623

Detailed Description:​

I want to keep different versions of the same package for the same architecture with apt-mirror2, without storing them in different locations or distributions. Ideally, old packages should not be removed, but simply keeping the files in the pool is not sufficient. It would be beneficial if the .deb files could be renamed (only the file, not the package control file) with, for example, the codename added. This way, these repositories can be integrated into one pool directory.



My apologies if anything is unclear.

Thanks and regards,
Samadhan