On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 03:22:25PM -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: > Package: apt-cacher > Version: 1.5.3 > Severity: important > > This single, flat cache directory causes problems if you > try to use apt-cacher for Ubuntu as well as Debian. For > example, both Debian Etch and Ubuntu Gutsy ship a package > called "xfonts-knickers". Both of them call the file > xfonts-knickers_0.0.1-3.1_all.deb, but the files are NOT > the same; etch's version is 9120 bytes and Ubuntu's is > 9156 bytes. Downloading one distro's file overwrites the > others and causes problems. > > Ideally, apt-cacher will use different subdirectories for > different releases. I realize this is tricky, if not impossible, > but it would be nice.
Thanks for this. This is a duplicate of bugs #354925, #366624 and #415398. They are closed as there is a suggested work around for this in README.Debian since 1.5.5. The relevant extract reads: MULTIPLE REPOSITORIES: It has been requested that apt-cacher support being used on a network that hosts both Debian and Ubuntu boxes. There are frequent namespace clashes between the 2 distributions which have files with identical names, but different contents. This problem was not envisaged in the original design of apt-cacher and is difficult to accommodate. However, it is possible to workaround this by running a separate apt-cacher daemon for each Distribution on a different port with its own cache directory. The first daemon will run from /etc/init.d/apt-cacher as normal. For the second daemon, run it from /etc/rc.local with command line options to override the configuration file. Alternatively, run the daemons from /etc/inetd.conf: Example command-lines are: apt-cacher daemon_port=3142 cache_dir=/var/cache/apt-cacher-debian allowed_locations=ftp.debian.org/debian and apt-cacher daemon_port=3141 cache_dir=/var/cache/apt-cacher-ubuntu allowed_locations=archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu It is important to set the allowed locations directive so that each daemon only caches a particular distribution. This can be combined with the path_map option: path_map=debian ftp.debian.org/debian allowed_locations=debian and path_map=ubuntu archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu allowed_locations=ubuntu to provide a convenient interface for clients. I hope this helps. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
