/mirror-hackage

download all hackage packages (including metadata/cabal revisions) ready to be served with http server

Primary LanguageHaskellGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

hackage mirroring program

Download hackage contents for the purpose of mirroring with http server. This should be useful for isolated LAN environments or lasting periods of being offline.

input:

  • path to hackage.json
  • path as a base for downloaded files
  • path to excluded packages list file

All inputs have default values, refer to mirror-hackage --help.

output:

  • files and directories, preserving original url structure, containing:
    • packages archives
    • all revisions (metadata) of cabal package descriptions
    • TODO: html pages

build

nix

nix-build -A mirror-hackage.components.exes.mirror-hackage

The built binary gets available in ./result/bin/mirror-hackage.

stack

$ stack build

The built executable gets available as stack exec -- mirror-hackage.

usage

Get recent hackage.json. Run mirror-hackage provided with hackage.json in the current directory or passed via --hackage-json command line option.

Download can be stopped (Ctrl+C) at any moment and resumed later.

stats

As of 2020-07-06 running mirror-hackage means downloading of 251k files, 13 GiB.