Hi well... you could set up apt-proxy (apt-proxy.sf.net)... just be aware that it has sometimes painfully long waiting times but otherwise it works for me
yours, Albert On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:55:19 -0700 Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway to have apt-get check another URL first for a package before > downloading? > > To avoid downloading packages on setting up a new machine I've actually just > scp'ed /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb to the new machine from a machine > that already has been setup. > > I'm wondering if there's anyway I can just set my internal web server to point to > /var/cache/apt/archives and have apt-get check there first before > fetching the package. > > For example, before fetching apache_1.3.28-1_i386.deb from a source > listed in my sources.list, it first tries something like: > > http://somelocalmachine/debian/apache_1.3.28-1_i386.deb > > apt-move seems more involved than I need -- after all I can still just > use my old way to scp the .debs to where I need them. And I don't > really want to setup a mirror, just a cache. > > Of course apt-move seems to have some nice features, such as only .debs > of installed packages around. > > Suggestions? > > Thanks, > > > > -- > Bill Moseley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
