On 31 December 2011 12:03, Chris Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > ________________________________ > From: Dave Hall <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 31 December 2011 11:49 AM > > Subject: Re: Brisbane Install Fest > > > That's why you do it with iptables (and possibly some dummy dns entries > using dnsmasq). If you rsync the repos you don't have to worry about > building the indexes and you can update only the bits which have changed > since the initial sync. > _________________________________ > > We're trying to update new installs. As far as I'm aware it's necessary to > get the software indexes (apt-get update) so that apt-get (or update manage) > can get only the required packages and their indexes. > > Good point though, if the indexes are part of the repositories, and they've > been updated fully with rsync, then it might not be necessary to build the > index at all - the apt-get system may just be able to use the indexes as is, > at the point when they were last rsync'ed. We will just have to give the > correct addresses to the various repositories.
The command I use to download and subsequently update the repository is: rsync -vtlrh --stats --delete --exclude .~tmp~/ www.mirror.aarnet.edu.au::ubuntu /media/UbuntuAUReposito/Ubuntu/ Of course, I can rename the target directory at any stage if it will make our lives easier. This all sits on a 1tb USB hdd. > Jarad? Please enlighten us. ;-) > Did you get the indexes along with all those nice .deb packages? No idea, I'm a simple end user who knows enough to get himself into trouble and occasionally back out of it ;) > If you've got the repo drives plugged into a network somewhere just add them > to the software sources (and maybe turn off the normal main, universe, > restricted, and multiverse) and give them a spin. I also have the medibuntu stuff if that's useful at all. > > Chris > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > Let me know if more information is needed. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
