On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 01:49:47 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs_rhlist@softhome.net> wrote: > But i want to get rid of this. Well, plz don't suggest me to set up a > mirror. I just am thinking to export the archives directory to my > other machine (with ofcourse rw permissions) and run apt-get on each > machine ONE AT A TIME. Is it okay or will it create problems ? I'm curious about this, since I've been meaning to do something similar for my network. In my case I have dsl, but it's metered, so I'd like to avoid downloading the same package multiple times. Have you tried apt-proxy? If so, what prompted you to try the exported directory instead? My understanding of apt-proxy was that it only downloaded the needed packages as they were requested and then kept a cache so other computers on the same network could use them without having to wait for them to download from the nearest mirror again. Thanks, Jacob ----- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 A Linux machine! because a 486 is a terrible thing to waste!
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