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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:55:14 -0600
"Jacob S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hat's what Jan was saying. Apt-proxy should not use any more disk space
> than you already are by sharing your /var/cache/apt/archives folder.
> Apt-proxy will actually save you time and bandwidth as it will also
> share the package lists, in addition to previously downloaded files.
>
> Yes, if the package lists and/or packages change between the update on
> one machine and the update on the other machine (pretty rare for it to
> change that fast), then you will have to re-update and re-download, but
> this is something you would have to do regardless of whether you're
> sharing your /var/cache/apt/archives directory or simply using
> apt-proxy.
>
> In summary, apt-proxy takes a lot of the work out of sharing previously
> downloaded files, while saving time and bandwidth.
>
> HTH,
> Jacob
I see that idea tremendous. Thank You.
Thanks also for putting up the conf file at the site. It too will save my time :-)
Thank You.
rrs
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Ritesh Raj Sarraf
RESEARCHUT (www.researchut.com)
Happy GNU/Linux user since 1998
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