> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 14:48, Jim Cheetham wrote: >> How can I re-use all the wonderful .deb files in /var/cache/apt? Can I >> make them available as an apt-source to other machines? > > You couldn't do something simple (or stupid) like making /var/cache/apt > a shared directory ---using perhaps NFS or something? Don't know if > it'll work tho...or even if it's a good idea.
This works pretty well actually. The only downside is that apt complains about being unable to create a lock file. It still runs fine, but I wouldn't try run two copies of apt at the same time on different machines, they might get a little confused. It is certainly easier than setting up a proxy etc.. Andre
