On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 09:25:53AM +1000, Jonathan Oxer wrote: > Package: wnpp > Version: N/A; reported 2002-06-27 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : apt-cacher > Version : 0.5 > Upstream Author : Nick Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Oxer <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.apt-cacher.org/ > * License : GPL > Description : Caching proxy system for Debian software packages > > Apt-cacher provides local caching of .deb packages for installation on > multiple machines. One machine running apt-cacher acts as a proxy for all > other Debian machines on the network, which use Apt as normal to perform > installation but send all package requests to the proxy. > > Apt-cacher runs as a CGI under Apache, which makes it simpler than other > package caching systems which are more self-contained.
Can you summarise the advantages this system has over simply using a conventional web proxy like squid, with appropriate settings? I have used this successfully in the past to minimise download time over a slow link... Jules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
