On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 04:51:09PM +0100, Renaud Saint-Gratien wrote: > > I have a request, though: I'm looking for a backport of apt-cacher. > The version in Etch fails to cache packages with '~' characters in their > name (see bug #394541). > (Apt-cacher is a caching proxy system for Debian packages.) > The apt-proxy in Etch does not have this problem. > I installed locally the version from Lenny (1.6.1) and it works like a > charm. > Note that the 1.6.1 version has a new dependency: libwww-curl-perl. No need > to upgrade it: the version from Etch is sufficient. > > If someone could provide a backport for apt-cacher, I'd be immensely > grateful. If I recall correctly, if the package can be simply insalled directly without a need for rebuilding it, I believe that a backport will not be provided. I don't speak as someone who manages the backports repo. It is just something I recall seeing either on the website or here on the list. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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