mirroring configured with apt sources.list lines?

[Daniel Barclay <dsb@smart.net>]

Is there any method of mirroring Debian releases and externally packaged 
software that uses lines like in apt's sources.list files to specify the 
locations from which to mirror files?

I have a slow Internet connection, so instead of waiting for a long
download each time I install something, I set up a mirror so that
when I decide to install a particular package I already have it locally.


I'm thinking of how packagers give apt configuration lines such as:

  deb http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2

I'd like to take a line as above and just add it into my mirroring 
configuration.

What options are there (in woody)?


apt-proxy seems to cache what you install; it's not clear whether 
it can "pre-cache" a whole subtree.

Some package descriptions mention apt-cache, but there doesn't seem
to be any such thing (in woody).


I'm currently using debmirror.pl for mirroring a Debian release, but
that doesn't seem to handle HTTP.


Any pointers?



Thanks,
Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
dsb@smart.net