Chris Halls wrote: >On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:12:27AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > >>I have been trying to use apt-proxy but haven't successful because I >>really don't know how it works. I have begun to read the 30 page >>apt-proxy script and that may be the best way but I would sure >>appreciate if anyone could either explain it in a few lines or point me >>to a doc that does so. >> >> > >zless /usr/share/doc/apt-proxy/README.gz >man apt-proxy >man apt-proxy.conf >man apt-proxy-import > > > I had read all of these except the import but I had done the import. Often enough I find Linux documentations skips over or assumes understanding that I don't have yet. Not that I don't appreciate all that has been done.
In this case I may be closer than I think. For security I have: add_backend /security/ \ $APT_PROXY_CACHE/security/ \ security.debian.org::debian-security/ \ non-us.debian.org::debian-security/ and from the client I get: Failed to fetch http://joy:9999/security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 is not serviced by this server Failed to fetch http://joy:9999/security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Release E rror reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) Failed to fetch http://joy:9999/security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Package s 404 is not serviced by this server Failed to fetch http://joy:9999/security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Release Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) Failed to fetch http://joy:9999/security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packag es 404 is not serviced by this server Failed to fetch http://joy:9999/security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Releas e Error reading from server - read (104 Connection reset by peer) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://joy testing/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/joy :9999_security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://joy testing/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ joy:9999_security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such fi le or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list http://joy testing/updates/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists /joy:9999_security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Other parts may be working. Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]