Re: Packages debian needs
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:01:34PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
|On Sun, 18 May 2003 19:51:16 -0700 (PDT)
|Timothy Webster <tdwebste0@yahoo.com> wrote:
|
|> 3) Debian packages from peer to peer networks.
|> It is quite simple actually. The package get tool
|> retrieves a list of the current debian package files
|> using the current methods. Then the package get tool
|> retrieves the package files from the peer to peer
|> network. The debian machine will also install peer to
|> peer software and offer to share peer to peer files
|> from /var/cache/apt. This will greatly speed up
|> subsequent local fetches from other machines in the
|> same or near networks.
|
|If you're thinking about a local network, it may be easier just to set up a
|local mirror of Debian and let local machines use it instead of a distant
|mirror.
|
|It's really simple, and once made is relatively quick to update every day.
a more efficient solution could be apt-proxy or apt-cacher,
they only mirror what is requested. ie if a package is
never retrieved by machines using the proxy, the proxy
it self wont retrieve "useless" packages.
it's a proxy designed for debian packages.
it's an "on demand" local mirror. a proxy. :-)
bye
--
xavier renaut
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