On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 07:46, Hans Fugal wrote: > Speaking of mirrors for Debian, I have been experimenting with using > apt-proxy and it works quite well. If you have a good connection to > phantom and use debian, try this source: > deb http://phantom.byu.edu:9999/debian/ sid main non-free contrib > If you are on BYU's network (e.g. live in Wy(view|mount) or the dorms) > this will probably get you 400-500KBs. (You can replace sid with sarge or > woody if you want) > > Now, let me point out that this is different from the apt-rpm mirror > we had before and removed because of space, because it is a cache that > uses a fraction of the hard disk space. If someone knows of something > similar for apt-rpm I'd be happy to do the same there.
Sure, there's something similar - in fact, I'm using it at work now. Just install mod_proxy in apache, and set it up as a reverse proxy to a real mirror. There's nothing magical about the way apt works, you don't need a special "apt" proxy, it's just downloading stuff via http or ftp. Steve ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
