On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 07:41:49PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:30:44 +0200 > David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone seen this before? If not, anyone using local package repositories > > and if so, how did you set it up? > > When I first wanted a local archive, I used apt-move. It moves the packages > from /var/cache/apt (where they're normally downloaded) into an old-style > Debian package archive. I used it for about a year and a half, and I loved > it. > > The advantage is that you download only the packages you want/need, and you > only download them once. apt-move takes care of sorting the packages into > directories and making index files. > > When I wanted a more complete archive, I just blew away my apt-move > hierarchy and started from scratch (the directory layout is different now).
Wow! Apt-move can work on any set of packages and can create a partial mirror of installed packages only! Now I know I should've run apt-cache search mirror. Great, thanks! David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
