I have not tried this, but I've thought about it.
In your /var/cache/apt (I think) you have a packages.<something> with some
.debs in another directory.
What if you setup a webserver on that box, then configured /var/cache/apt as
a virtual directory. This way when a client does an apt-get update, (after
adding your webserver to the /etc/apt/sources.list) it reads your
packages.<something> to see what upgrades are available.
Not guaranteed to work, but perhaps worth a shot. There's probably a
document somewhere detailing exactly how to do what you want. After all,
the debian way does work well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Zeller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1:09 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [EUG-LUG:753] Debian cluster question
Debian devotees,
I have Debian setup so that it does most of what I want it to do. Now I'm
ready to "propagate" to other hosts on my network. All the .deb's I need
are in still sitting in the cache directory on my first PC. I understand
there's a command to create a local debian mirror, but I don't really need
a full mirror. I'd update directly, but since I'm on a dialup and I don't
know how to create a partial debian CD.
It seems easy to get a compact (two floppy disk) system up and going, but
what's the next step to installing a bunch of .deb's?
So far, I've tried apt-move and dpkg-scanpackages but those commands have
require parameters I don't understand. I've read the manuals but I'm
still not completely clear on how to do this.
Has anyone tried creating a local, partial mirror of the debian archives,
who could give me ideas?
Ralph
