Package: approx Version: 2.8.0 Severity: normal Hi,
We're using approx to download packages only once for our network of about 40 hosts. However it seems that approx doesn't check every time whether its cache is still fresh. We're expierencing this with security updates that appear much later when served through approx than when on hosts requesting it directly from the security.debian.org repository. It also shows now with Debian point update r4: hosts connecting directly to the archive mirror already have those updates while those using approx don't. When checking approx' cache I indeed see that its Release file still has 4.0r3 while the server has 4.0r4. For clarity, what I expect approx to do: 1) On every request check Release / Packages do still be fresh wrt to the mirror. E.g. by using the timestamps of those files and comparing them locally, or other mechanisms. If not fresh download it. 2) Serve the requested packages files either from cache or downloaded first from mirror depending on availability. I want approx to reduce downloading; not to introduce extra delays in receiving my packages :-) cheers, Thijs -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages approx depends on: ii adduser 3.102 Add and remove users and groups ii bzip2 1.0.3-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii curl 7.15.5-1etch1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS, FT ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpcre3 6.7+7.4-3 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi ii lsb-base 3.1-23.2etch1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip approx recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
