[plug] APT proxy/gateway/cache

Harry harrymc at decisions-and-designs.com.au
Wed Oct 13 10:05:15 WST 2004


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:58:19 +0800 Tim White <weirdo at tigris.org> wrote:

> I am looking for a method of using apt-get on all the machines with out 
> the nusance of download the Packages files every few days on ALL the 
> machines and with out duplicate downloads.

I think deb-mirror is probably what you need to look at Tim. I haven't
used it yet and instead maintain a (large) mirror using rsync. Given
that I don't use most of the packages in the mirror, keeping it current
is a terrible waste of electrons. Try this: 

http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/debmirror

cu
Harry

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