Getting updated (was: Re: [plug] Woody on 7 CDs!? Why?)

[Trevor Phillips]

On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:46, Gavin Rogers wrote:
> 
> The proxy server will cache the package indexes and most packages are
> common (locales, libc6 etc) making updating a lot of machines will not a
> lot of bandwidth a slightly more bearable experience :-)

I found using a Squid proxy a bit unreliable - it was still rather keen to 
re-download package indexes. Ok, so I didn't have a huge cache area, and my 
settings could've been tweaked.

I ended up having a look at apt-proxy, and although it seems much more 
reliable at caching the right stuff (being dedicated solely to apt packaging, 
and knowing the significance of certain files), it's still, uh, a little 
dodgy.

Has anyone else used it, or other specific apt cache/proxy schemes?

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