Re: how to use squid as a Debian package proxy / cache (instead of approx, apt-cacher, etc)

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> 	Somewhere I got the idea of using Squid as a package cache
> instead of approx, apt-cacher, apt-proxy, etc. (E.g. [1]) That thread
> had some of the details needed, but it is missing some details.
> E.g. The settings that will allow the hard drive to spin down.

For what it's worth, I use polipo instead for the same purpose, and that
required no tweaking at all for the disk to spin down.  `polipo' is much
more limited but also much more lightweight than squid, which was the
main reason for my choice (I run it on a WL-700gE).


        Stefan