diff --git a/hack/make/clean-apt-repo b/hack/make/clean-apt-repo
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# This script cleans the experimental pool for the apt repo.
+# This is useful when there are a lot of old experimental debs and you only want to keep the most recent.
+#
+
+: ${DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR:=$DEST}
+APTDIR=$DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR/apt/repo/pool/experimental
+: ${DOCKER_ARCHIVE_DIR:=$DEST/archive}
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+latest_versions=$(dpkg-scanpackages "$APTDIR" /dev/null 2>/dev/null | awk -F ': ' '$1 == "Filename" { print $2 }')
+
+# get the latest version
+latest_docker_engine_file=$(echo "$latest_versions" | grep docker-engine)
+latest_docker_engine_version=$(basename ${latest_docker_engine_file%~*})
+
+echo "latest docker-engine version: $latest_docker_engine_version"
+
+# remove all the files that are not that version in experimental
+pool_dir=$(dirname "$latest_docker_engine_file")
+old_pkgs=( $(ls "$pool_dir" | grep -v "^${latest_docker_engine_version}" | grep "${latest_docker_engine_version%%~git*}") )
+
+echo "${old_pkgs[@]}"
+
+mkdir -p "$DOCKER_ARCHIVE_DIR"
+for old_pkg in "${old_pkgs[@]}"; do
+	echo "moving ${pool_dir}/${old_pkg} to $DOCKER_ARCHIVE_DIR"
+	mv "${pool_dir}/${old_pkg}" "$DOCKER_ARCHIVE_DIR"
+done
+
+echo
+echo "$pool_dir now has contents:"
+ls "$pool_dir"
+
+# now regenerate release files for experimental
+export COMPONENT=experimental
+source "${DIR}/update-apt-repo"
+
+echo "You will now want to: "
+echo "   - re-sign the repo with hack/make/sign-repo"
+echo "   - re-generate index files with hack/make/generate-index-listing"
diff --git a/hack/make/clean-yum-repo b/hack/make/clean-yum-repo
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# This script cleans the experimental pool for the yum repo.
+# This is useful when there are a lot of old experimental rpms and you only want to keep the most recent.
+#
+
+: ${DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR:=$DEST}
+YUMDIR=$DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR/yum/repo/experimental
+
+suites=( $(find "$YUMDIR" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d) )
+
+for suite in "${suites[@]}"; do
+	echo "cleanup in: $suite"
+	( set -x; repomanage -k2 --old "$suite" | xargs rm -f )
+done
+
+echo "You will now want to: "
+echo "   - re-sign the repo with hack/make/sign-repo"
+echo "   - re-generate index files with hack/make/generate-index-listing"
diff --git a/hack/make/update-apt-repo b/hack/make/update-apt-repo
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# This script updates the apt repo in $DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR/apt/repo.
+# This script is a "fix all" for any sort of problems that might have occured with
+# the Release or Package files in the repo.
+# It should only be used in the rare case of extreme emergencies to regenerate
+# Release and Package files for the apt repo.
+#
+# NOTE: Always be sure to re-sign the repo with hack/make/sign-repos after running
+# this script.
+
+: ${DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR:=$DEST}
+APTDIR=$DOCKER_RELEASE_DIR/apt/repo
+
+# supported arches/sections
+arches=( amd64 i386 )
+
+# Preserve existing components but don't add any non-existing ones
+for component in main testing experimental ; do
+	if ls "$APTDIR/dists/*/$component" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		components+=( $component )
+	fi
+done
+
+dists=( $(find "${APTDIR}/dists" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d) )
+
+# override component if it is set
+if [ "$COMPONENT" ]; then
+	components=( $COMPONENT )
+fi
+
+# release the debs
+for version in "${dists[@]}"; do
+	for component in "${components[@]}"; do
+		codename="${version//debootstrap-}"
+
+		# update the filelist for this codename/component
+		find "$APTDIR/pool/$component" \
+			-name *~${codename#*-}*.deb > "$APTDIR/dists/$codename/$component/filelist"
+	done
+done
+
+# run the apt-ftparchive commands so we can have pinning
+apt-ftparchive generate "$APTDIR/conf/apt-ftparchive.conf"
+
+for dist in "${dists[@]}"; do
+	version=$(basename "$dist")
+	for component in "${components[@]}"; do
+		codename="${version//debootstrap-}"
+
+		apt-ftparchive \
+			-o "APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename=$codename" \
+			-o "APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite=$codename" \
+			-c "$APTDIR/conf/docker-engine-release.conf" \
+			release \
+			"$APTDIR/dists/$codename" > "$APTDIR/dists/$codename/Release"
+
+		for arch in "${arches[@]}"; do
+			apt-ftparchive \
+				-o "APT::FTPArchive::Release::Codename=$codename" \
+				-o "APT::FTPArchive::Release::Suite=$codename" \
+				-o "APT::FTPArchive::Release::Component=$component" \
+				-o "APT::FTPArchive::Release::Architecture=$arch" \
+				-c "$APTDIR/conf/docker-engine-release.conf" \
+				release \
+				"$APTDIR/dists/$codename/$component/binary-$arch" > "$APTDIR/dists/$codename/$component/binary-$arch/Release"
+		done
+	done
+done