Re: Debian "install server" setup

[antgel <antony@antgel.co.uk>]

Preston Boyington wrote:
>  antgel to debian-user wrote:
> <snipped>
> 
>>Perhaps I missed the point, but don't you want to use apt-proxy for
>>offering this service?
> 
> 
> I was under the impression that apt-proxy was used for serving packages that one had downloaded for a particular machine.  So if I had downloaded "pingus" for my child it would be available, but a package not previously installed would need to be downloaded from the internet like normal.

If you attempt to install a package not cached, it downloads it on the
fly.  Not sure if that's what you want.