Hi, my neibour :-) On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 06:02:08PM +0000, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > i have a server and it has a quite extensive sources.list. Now i would > like to make a cron job that does "apt-get update" every so often and > then use that cache for my connected client so i don't have to download > the packages list again and thus use unnecessary bandwidth.
1) Why do "apt-get update", do "apt-get update; apt-get -d upgrade" 2) web cache ==> use squid 3) Always install not by CRON. But why have quite extensive sources.list for server. You should be running STABLE ! for server. > Ideally this would mean removing the entries in my local clients > sourceslist and have just 1 entry that points to my server's cached > packages list. > Is this possible and how can i do that? What? Sounds complicated. I thiught apt do not check unchenged files. > In the future i plan to make packages of my own scripts. Can i combine > those? I mean putting my packages in the cache of packages on the server > and thus also have them available for the pc's connected to my LAN? You can do this in many ways. But I found running squid to be most simple and flexible. I am thinking other ways for different reason... Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
