Re: Bug#29321: apt should cache package files

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>]

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Matthias Klose wrote:

> Package: apt
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> It would be nice, if apt could cache package files, so that I fetch them
> one time over ppp and then I can install them on several machines.
> Currently I copy these files and build a local package file, which is accessed
> by the other machines.

I don't see what the problem is..

nfs mount /var/cache/apt/archives and /var/state/apt/lists on all
machines and replicate the sources.list. Run apt-get update on one machine
and apt-get check on all the others.

I really don't see what you want here..

Jason