Re: local mirror - debian+ubuntu - combined savings?
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 02:27:15AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Does it make sense to combine ubuntu and debian local mirrors - as in,
> are there any worthwhile savings to be had to doing so?
>
No - there's sufficient difference that you can't readily do this. It
may potentially be different as Ubuntu reorganise their archive/package
pools so that old distinctions vanish - they'll then be closer to the usual
Debian layout :)
>
> If combined, roughly how best would I achieve the combining (eg,
> considering deleting old files/ packages as one example)?
>
Rsync from a network mirror is by far the easiest way to do this IMHO.
AndyC
> Would DAK be useful for this?
>
> tia
> zen
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