Bug#217814: base-config: previously downloaded package files get deleted

[Bernhard Kuemel <darsie@gmx.at>]

Bernhard Kuemel wrote:
> A suggested solution is a caching http proxy but that would disable 
> smart cache purging with apt-get autoclean. However, apt-get autoclean 
> is somewhat limited, as apt-get update runs out of memory with too much 
> data (e.g. stable+testing+unstable), but that bug will hopefully be fixed.

It appears the apt-get update out of memory bug has been fixed so 
I favour to NFS import /var/cache/apt/archives over setting up a 
http proxy. Hmm, I wonder if this creates a security hole by 
allowing someone on the LAN to introduce a trojan. Will packages 
which checksums do not match the package database be 
rejected/reloaded?

Bernhard

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