on Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:07:35PM +1100, Rob Weir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 11:16:19AM -0800, Tom said > > After I do an apt-get upgrade on my desktop, I keep the DEBs I > > downloaded to use on other machines or when I start over. > > > > I find I must have everything I am interested keeping up-to-date on > > *any* machine must be installed on the desktop (an example is > > pcmcia-source and pcmcia-cs). > > > > Is there a way to make apt-get automatically downloaded newest versions > > of packages not installed? > > No. But have you looked at apt-proxy? Point all your machines at it, > then it will only download each .deb once, and save it. Every machine > after the first gets it at local network speed.
...to four decimal places. Concur: apt-proxy is what you want for this. Using it here, six systems behind a 56k dialup. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Backgrounder on the Caldera/SCO vs. IBM and Linux dispute. http://sco.iwethey.org/
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