On Mon 11 Oct, Florian Weimer wrote: > > * Chris Bell: > > > The earlier 1.3.x version may not be perfect, but it does work for > > me, and I have not found any other software that does the same job. > > AFAIK, apt-proxy 1.9 is only required if you have apt 0.6 somewhere on > your site. apt-proxy 1.3 is fine with apt 0.5, but much too often, it > returns inconsistent Release/Release.gpg/Packages combinations. > > Thanks for the email.
The main reason for using apt-proxy to provide a local partial mirror is that I can configure a list of parent mirror sites that it can try in sequence, rather than having to specify a single source. I can then ask apt-proxy to check mirrors provided by my ISP and local universitites before adding to the load on the Debian servers. This appears to work when upgrading several local machines, or using jigdo to build CD ISO images, although I have not yet succeeded in using apt-proxy during an initial network installation to a new box. I would be happy to try any more suitable system that may be available. -- Chris Bell
