Hi, Quoting Alexis Murzeau (2019-08-28 23:30:27) > Le 28/08/2019 à 23:06, Johannes Schauer a écrit : > > Quoting Alexis Murzeau (2019-08-28 22:58:32) > >> I'm using a slow internet connection and, when repeatedly testing > >> a package I've modified with sbuild, it takes a long time downloading > >> packages for dependencies of the built package. > > I'm in the same situation. What stops you from using apt-cacher or > > apt-cacher-ng to cache packages? > I admittedly did not searched for caching solution as I'm not using multiple > computers.
neither am I. The software runs on your local computer. > I've used "$apt_cache = 0" option before which worked well without the need > of a server on localhost so searched why it wasn't working after a sbuild > update. Since then, as a workaround, I'm hand-editing ResolverBase.pm to > comment the "print $F qq(APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "false";\n);" line and > this makes sbuild keep downloaded package cached. > > I would prefer to make "$apt_cache = 0" works (that is, keep downloaded > packages) than installing an additional server instead, as the patch is > really easy to implement (just add an "if" in ResolverBase.pm, I can provide > an test that patch myself). Unfortunately, sbuild is a bit more complex than you might think as it supports several backends. I am still pondering about the best solution for this issue.
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