On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:50:25 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs_rhlist@softhome.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:20:42 +0100 > Jan Suchy <moose@abu.ath.cx> wrote: <snip> > > #2 use apt-proxy. It caches both debs and package lists. > > apt-get update is then less painful because it > > downloads lists from the internet only on first use. > > > > You're right that apt-proxy stores all downloaded packages > > in the same tree directory structure as debian archives use. > > > > But there's no need to setup that manually. Apt-proxy builds/ > > fills/updates/deletes it all automatically. You just need to > > properly configure it. You can check my config at http://abu.ath.cx > > if you're interested. > > well, that's ofcourse right setting up apt-proxy. But I can't just > invest my > 3gb of disk space just to mirror. What I think of as a > solution is I run apt-get update on both the machines and then > download the packages on one of them. Then I only share my > /var/cache/apt/archives folder through NFS to the client. Then when I > hit apt-get upgrade I hope it would just skip the packages which have > already been downloaded. Probably it would only download additional > packages required for the other machine.*NOTE* There's only one thing > to note that I think, i.e. that if in between the time if the packages > change of Debian's site, we'll have to do a re-update and > re-download.. Correct me if I've mistaken! That's what Jan was saying. Apt-proxy should not use any more disk space than you already are by sharing your /var/cache/apt/archives folder. Apt-proxy will actually save you time and bandwidth as it will also share the package lists, in addition to previously downloaded files. Yes, if the package lists and/or packages change between the update on one machine and the update on the other machine (pretty rare for it to change that fast), then you will have to re-update and re-download, but this is something you would have to do regardless of whether you're sharing your /var/cache/apt/archives directory or simply using apt-proxy. In summary, apt-proxy takes a lot of the work out of sharing previously downloaded files, while saving time and bandwidth. HTH, Jacob ----- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Computers are like air conditioners -- they stop working properly if you open Windows
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