On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Vivek Kapoor <subs...@exain.com> wrote:
> On 07/26/2010 01:47 PM, Sagar Belure <sagar.bel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> 'apt-cacher-ng' seems to fulfill my requirements. >> BTW, is it ,by any chance, possible to set up 'repository-cache' server >> combined for 32 as well as 64 bit systems. >> > > apt-cacher* is for repository-cache of both 32bit and 64bit architecture. > It's just a cache server, so it doesn't matter whether it's 32bit or 64bit > as the client machine would request a particular package which the caching > server would download (unless it's already downloaded) and serve. Yes, apt-cacher* is just cache server. But, I have to install it *individually* on two different systems for 32 and 64 bit systems. > > > apt-cacher-ng uses /var/cache/apt/archives as repository, and is obviously >> different for 32 and 64 bit systems. >> > > I don't think it uses /var/cache/apt/archives. Instead it uses > /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng for the cache. Atleast it does that on my machine. Well, that's what I read[1]. > > > Any clue, to achieve combined repository? >> >> > Not sure what you mean by combined repository. What do you intend to do? Like in Windows, WSUS caches the packages for almost all Windows product updates, doesn't matter if it's 32 or 64 bit, doesn't even matter if updates are for XP or Vista or Win7. So, all I'm asking if it's possible to achieve same kind of functionality in Ubuntu too? [1] http://www.ubuntugeek.com/apt-cacher-ng-http-download-proxy-for-software-packages.html -- Thanks, Sagar Belure Security Analyst Secfence Technologies www.secfence.com _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
