Re: Partial Local Repository
On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 09:13:14AM +0800, GNU Linux wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am planning to create a partial local repository for AMD64 Etch but I
> don't know the best tool for this. I downloaded and tried the
> anonftpsync <http://www.debian.org/mirror/anonftpsync> but until now, it
> keeps on downloading files. Any other recommended tool to create a
> partial local repository? I don't want apt-proxy because it requires
> the local repository server to have an Internet connection.
I don't know what "partial" means; if you want to select "etch" and "amd64",
debmirror is your tool of choice.
> Does it make sense that I'm already downloading the packages for Etch
> even if it's not yet the stable version? I'm just preparing Etch
> because it will be the next stable version starting next month. Or
> shall I just wait until Etch has been finally released as stable?
It makes sense since debmirror will clean up obsolete packages. Just run
it once per night/week/whatever ...
Cheers,
Steffen
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