Re: apt-get cron job
On 22-Mar-00, 10:56 (CST), Steve Robbins <steve@nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca> wrote:
> One suggestion: for some people, it makes sense to use the `apt-move'
> package after downloading the .debs. Apt-move will move the .debs out of
> the cache into a Debian archive hierarchy & naming convention.
>
> This is quite handy for folks that have another machine or two connected
> via a local net: you can point the second machine's apt at the local
> archive.
Another way to accomplish the same thing is to install squid on one of
the machines and have all your apt'ing machines use it. I found this to
be easier to set up than apt-move (YMMV), and has the advantage (to me,
at least) that it's order-independent and completely transparent (it
doesn't matter what order which machines access the cache, one always
gets the freshest stuff, and doesn't double-download anything.)
Steve
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