On 8 Sep 2010, at 3:35 pm, Toomas Tamm wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 09:08 +0200, Marcus Wellnitz wrote: >> Am Montag, 6. September 2010 22:52:07 schrieb mamadou diop: >>> Hello. Currently I am using a debmirror script to create my local mirror. >>> But, my problem is the size of the mirror must be about 27 Gb >>> (arch I386, distribution ubuntu hardy) and my free disk space is about 22 >>> Gb. To correct this problem, i would not to use all the sections (main, >>> restricted, universe, multiverse) but i want to use only one or two >>> sections. What advises do you give me about this problem? >> >> Try to use apt-proxy. > > Another little-advertised alternative, which has worked here for ages, > is apt-cacher . > > deb http://apt-cacher.yki.ttu.ee/apt-cacher/ftp.ee.debian.org/debian lenny > main contrib > > This is pointing at an Estonian mirror. Adapt for your situation. The > host apt-cacher.yki.ttu.ee needs apache2 and apt-cacher packages > installed. Should even work without the apache. > > There is also an apt-cacher-ng which should be even better, but I have > not tried it.
+1 for apt-cacher - very nice because you automatically and painlessly build a mirror of only the packages you actually use at your site. Regards, Tim -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.
