Johannes, > Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-21 10:47]: > > Lukas Ruf wrote: > >Dear all, > > > >is there a toolset that allows for package being proxied/cached on a > >second host? The reason for my question: a set of computers is > >connected to a server that runs 7*24h. Instead of having all the > >computers download the packages individually, the server should fetch > >all the *upgraded* packages during the night and store them locally in > >a pool. In the morning, the computers would then retrieve the > >relevant packages from that pool. Does there exist such a solution? > > > >I run once a mirror that provided this feature. Now, I cannot > >"afford" to have a local mirror. Therefore, I would like to store > >only the upgraded packages in server-cache. > > > >Is there any solution that provides this functionality? > > I use apt-cacher. It's quite simple to set up and works well. >
thanks for the hint. I set up apt-proxy, which does approximately the same, since it was mentioned a little earlier.... Thanks! wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf <http://www.lpr.ch> | Ad Personam rbacs <http://wiki.lpr.ch> | Restaurants, Bars and Clubs Raw IP <http://www.rawip.org> | Low Level Network Programming Style <http://email.rawip.org> | How to write emails <http://lists.lpr.ch/muttprint> | muttprint mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
