Re: running a Debian repository on a RH derivative
On Friday 25 March 2005 04:01 pm, Lee Braiden wrote:
> On Friday 25 March 2005 20:54, Pollywog wrote:
> > I apologize if this is a duplicate post, I did not see my post on the
> > list.
> >
> > I know how to run a local repository of Debian packages but can this be
> > done on a machine that runs a RedHat derivative?
>
> Isn't that like running a casino in a church? Or vice versa? ;)
As a relatively new Debian user (about 9 months...) I have been running a
local Debian mirror on a redhat 7.3 box since I started.
After all, when I started using Debian I only knew Redhat. I didn't know how
to set up an apache web server to serve up my local network with the Debs.
Now, of course, when I have 15 machines running Debian and I have 5 mirrors at
different sites, I could do it either way. I wouldn't think to go back to
redhat.
On the other hand, my primary mirror still runs Redhat 7.3. I have not had to
update the machine because I don't use it for anything else. Of course the
machine has 64 meg of ram and is a pentium II. It just rsyncs every night.
So just use the rsync script (found on the debian mirror site) on any linux
you have. And set up apache and set up a sym link to /var/www for your
debian directory and you are done.
Mitchell
>
> --
> Lee.
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