On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:01:55 -0400 Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 14:38 Fri 03 Oct , Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:02:22 -0400 > > > > There are several apt proxies available: > > > > apt-cacher > > apt-cacher-ng > > apt-proxy > > approx > > > > [I use approx; various readers of this list have their own preferences.] > > > > Set up one of them on A, configure B-D's sources file appropriately, > > and your ssh procedure should work. > > thank you. I am familiar with apt-cacher, but not with approx which I can > try. > > However, I think that does not solve my problem. For instance > what if the A computer is running etch and B-D are running sid? > How can I get B-D to get software that has not been installed on A? I'm pretty sure that it makes no difference what flavor A is running - I assume that A need not even run Debian! The apt sources lists of B-D will contain (with approx - I assume you can do similarly with the others) references to the flavor desired, and A will fetch any packages that are needed. My sources contain (on the machine that runs approx): deb http://localhost:9999/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb http://localhost:9999/debian-multimedia sid main > Is there some smart way to set up a direct tunnel through A > and tell apt-get to go through the tunnel itself, instead of using > these caching methods which better serve other purposes. > (For instance since B-D run sid, I can cache on one of them for the others. > > what software-backbone/port is apt-get using to get the software? apt can use an http proxy; see 'man apt.conf' for details. So you could set up one on A and configure B-D to tunnel in to it over ssh, but I think that you are misunderestimating the flexibility of the dedicated apt caching programs, as above. > Mitchell Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
