Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-31 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Frank Copeland wrote: > Since you are couching that as a question, I assume you haven't actually > tried to do it that way. And my answer would be: I don't know. If you ever If you NFS mount /var/cache/apt/archives on all machines APT will magicially do the right thing.. Mak

Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-31 Thread Frank Copeland
Ben Lutgens wrote: >On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:49:59PM +1100, Frank Copeland wrote: >> If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial >> mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to >> create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded

Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-31 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:49:59PM +1100, Frank Copeland wrote: > If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial > mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to > create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded, and set up a > web/ft

Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-31 Thread Frank Copeland
Robert L. Harris wrote: > I'm looking at upgrading to potato. I'm doing the >"apt-get -d dist-upgrade" currently since it looks like it'll take 1day >and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being >downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then >j

Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-30 Thread Dave Sherohman
Mark Brown said: > On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:06:39PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being > > downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then > > just "apt-get install" from the single downloads? I'd ha

Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 03:18:27AM +, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:06:39PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being > > downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then > > just "apt-get

Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:06:39PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being > downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then > just "apt-get install" from the single downloads? I'd hate to spend Yes - you want

Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-30 Thread Robert L. Harris
Ok, I'm looking at upgrading to potato. I'm doing the "apt-get -d dist-upgrade" currently since it looks like it'll take 1day and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then just "apt-get install" fro