I use a proxy for apt on my systems. It's called apt-cacher-ng. It creates a local debian and ubuntu repository based on all the packages that my network downloads. During a system installation, when apt is being configured I specify:
http://myproxy:3142 when the installer asks for my proxy information. This gets put into /etc/apt/apt.conf like this: Acquire::http::Proxy "http://myproxy:3142";; Then when any of my systems need to download new packages, they check the proxy first and go to the internet only if a current package is not available from the proxy. Anyway, I'd like to be able to do use the proxy when I'm building the chroot environment. Something like this: ltsp-build-client --proxy http://myproxy:3142 I can currently use this workaround, but it's kind of messy and a lot of typing, even if it does get the job done: ltsp-build-client --mirror http://myproxy:3142/ftp.us.debian.org lenny main --security-mirror http://myproxy:3142/security.debian.org lenny/updates main Using the proxy makes chroot builds go very quick. It's especially useful if you're doing a lot of experimenting and need to build your chroot over and over. I realize it's not a very important feature to add, but if it's an easy one I sure would appreciate it being added. -Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
