Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:08:28AM -0700, der.hans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Am 18. Sep, 2001 schwätzte Andrew Perrin so: > > > I have a home setup with a DSL line coming in to one debian box, then two > > other debian boxen connecting to it via ipmasq. Each box is set up to do > > an apt-get

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-19 Thread Richard Hector
[sorry Dave - sent this to you by mistake] Dave Sherohman wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:17:19AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > My question is this: effectively, each time they upgrade, I'm downloading > > three copies of each package separately. Is there a relatively easy way to > > arch

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-19 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 08:51:26PM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote: > Do you know how to to build the Release files? I cannot do a fresh > install from my partial mirror because debootstrap barfs on > dist/sid/main/Release. Weird... I don't use a Release file at all and apt just skips it: Get:1 ht

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-19 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:17:19AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > My question is this: effectively, each time they upgrade, I'm downloading > > three copies of each package separately. Is there a relatively easy way to > > archive the files locally and

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-19 Thread der.hans
Am 18. Sep, 2001 schwätzte Andrew Perrin so: > I have a home setup with a DSL line coming in to one debian box, then two > other debian boxen connecting to it via ipmasq. Each box is set up to do > an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade on a periodic basis for security and > up-to-dateness reasons. >

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-18 Thread Stig Brautaset
* Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > Folks- > > I have a home setup with a DSL line coming in to one debian box, then two > other debian boxen connecting to it via ipmasq. Each box is set up to do > an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade on a periodic basis for security and > up-to-daten

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-18 Thread Thomas Weinbrenner
Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Is there a relatively easy way to archive the files locally and have > the two boxen behind the ipmasq'ed computer just get their updates > from it? You could use apt-proxy or apt-move to build a local mirror from which your other computers can g

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-18 Thread Mike Alborn
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:17:19AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Folks- > > My question is this: effectively, each time they upgrade, I'm downloading > three copies of each package separately. Is there a relatively easy way to > archive the files locally and have the two boxen behind the ipmasq'ed

Re: Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-18 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:17:19AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > My question is this: effectively, each time they upgrade, I'm downloading > three copies of each package separately. Is there a relatively easy way to > archive the files locally and have the two boxen behind the ipmasq'ed > computer

Centralizing apt-get downloads

2001-09-18 Thread Andrew Perrin
Folks- I have a home setup with a DSL line coming in to one debian box, then two other debian boxen connecting to it via ipmasq. Each box is set up to do an apt-get update; apt-get upgrade on a periodic basis for security and up-to-dateness reasons. My question is this: effectively, each time th