On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:06:16 -0600, Ron Johnson said: > Hi, > > I have billions and billions of file in /var/cache/apt/archives. > > Is there any way, without using NFS, to share them with the other > machines in my LAN, so that I only need to download them (using > "apt-get install|upgrade" on my main machine) once from a debian > mirror. > > Then, when I do "apt-get install|upgrade" on my other machines, > they would 1st look on my main machine, then go to the internet > if needed. > > I looked at apt-proxy, but it looks like you must set up a > distribution mirror, and I don't have the bandwidth for that.
- you make a mistake, apt-proxy don't need you set up a mirror, it only caches any .deb that are requested via that proxy. I use it on my LAN, but it only worked when I understood that it don't use ftp but rsync, and servers are fewer (but reliable). mose -- < mose > < Makina Corpus > < 105, avenue Parmentier > < http://makina-corpus.com > < FR 75011 PARIS > < P: +33 (0) 1 53 36 18 59 > < F: +33 (0) 1 40 21 03 39 >