Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-21 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Thanks David, the server runs 9.2 and clients 9.1 so hopefully it will work ok. Another reason I kept changing sources.list in the client was in the aftermath of my recent attempts against apt-cacher. In apt-cacher you change every line to point to apt-cacher:3142. At least that's what I have

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-21 Thread David Wright
On Wed 21 Sep 2022 at 16:26:25 (+0100), Adam Weremczuk wrote: > On 21/09/2022 15:36, Darac Marjal wrote: > > I'm no expert in apt-cacher-ng, but the error here says that's > > it's trying to look up "debian-security" as a hostname. If I'm > > reading this page > >

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-21 Thread Bob Weber
On 9/21/22 10:36, Darac Marjal wrote: On 21/09/2022 14:07, Adam Weremczuk wrote: Hi David, There is still something wrong with my /etc/apt/sources.list Perhaps caused by stretch reaching end of life on 30 June 2022. Can somebody provide me with a tested list of mirrors for stretch working i

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-21 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Thank you Darac, that was my problem indeed! What confused me was the fact that, despite being fundamentally misconfigured, it appeared to be almost working. Just complaining about one security mirror. On 21/09/2022 15:36, Darac Marjal wrote: I'm no expert in apt-cacher-ng, but the error here

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-21 Thread Darac Marjal
On 21/09/2022 14:07, Adam Weremczuk wrote: Hi David, There is still something wrong with my /etc/apt/sources.list Perhaps caused by stretch reaching end of life on 30 June 2022. Can somebody provide me with a tested list of mirrors for stretch working in Sep 2022 for apt-cacher-ng server and

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-21 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Hi David, There is still something wrong with my /etc/apt/sources.list Perhaps caused by stretch reaching end of life on 30 June 2022. Can somebody provide me with a tested list of mirrors for stretch working in Sep 2022 for apt-cacher-ng server and clients? I've tried several different sets

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-12 Thread David Wright
On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 18:57:40 (+0100), Adam Weremczuk wrote: > On 12/09/2022 16:42, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 14:33:59 (+0100), Adam Weremczuk wrote: > > > Switching to apt-cacher-ng brings no immediate joy :( > > > > > > CLIENT (192.168.100.243) > > > sudo apt update > > > Er

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-12 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Hi David, I've tried your list and the server updates fine. On a client I see again: sudo apt update Ign:1 http://192.168.100.1:3142/debian stretch InRelease Ign:2 http://192.168.100.1:3142/debian-security stretch/updates InRelease Hit:3 http://192.168.100.1:3142/debian stretch-updates InReleas

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-12 Thread David Wright
On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 14:33:59 (+0100), Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Switching to apt-cacher-ng brings no immediate joy :( > > CLIENT (192.168.100.243) > sudo apt update > Err:5 http://192.168.100.1:3142/security stretch/updates Release > 503 DNS error for hostname security: No address associated wi

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-12 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Switching to apt-cacher-ng brings no immediate joy :( CLIENT (192.168.100.243) sudo apt update Err:5 http://192.168.100.1:3142/security stretch/updates Release 503 DNS error for hostname security: No address associated with hostname. If security refers to a configured cache repository, please

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-08 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Hi David, From SERVER:/etc/apt-cacher/apt-cacher.conf user = www-data group = www-data sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/cache/apt/archives/* Same error on the CLIENT :( I think I'll give apt-cacher-ng a shot instead although I wouldn't mind knowing why apt-cacher keeps failing. Regards

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-08 Thread David Wright
Disclaimer: I run apt-cacher-ng, and have never looked at apt-cacher. On Wed 07 Sep 2022 at 17:50:16 (+0100), Adam Weremczuk wrote: > SERVER > > Wed Sep 7 17:06:40 2022|error [10088]: Failed to open/create > /var/cache/apt-cacher/packages/memtest86+_5.01-3_amd64.deb for return: > Permission den

Re: apt-cacher internal error (died)

2022-09-07 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 17:50:16 +0100 Adam Weremczuk wrote: > The server runs Debian 9.2 and the client Debian 9.1 I remember having problems with apt-cacher-ng on Debian 9 or there-abouts. Maybe it's time to upgrade to Bullseye? apt-cacher-ng has a web server, with which you can do some maintenanc

Re: apt-cacher-ng problems

2022-08-07 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sun, 7 Aug 2022, David Wright wrote: On Sun 07 Aug 2022 at 08:46:12 (+0100), Tim Woodall wrote: I installed acng yesterday. Nothing else has changed. A script is fetching all of the required packages plus a few others for amd64,i386,arm64 and armel starting with sid all the way to jessie R

Re: apt-cacher-ng problems

2022-08-07 Thread David Wright
On Sun 07 Aug 2022 at 08:46:12 (+0100), Tim Woodall wrote: > I installed acng yesterday. Nothing else has changed. > > A script is fetching all of the required packages plus a few others for > amd64,i386,arm64 and armel starting with sid all the way to jessie > > Rather complicated setup: (This d

Re: apt-cacher-ng problems

2022-08-07 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sun, 7 Aug 2022, Tim Woodall wrote: I installed acng yesterday. Nothing else has changed. A script is fetching all of the required packages plus a few others for amd64,i386,arm64 and armel starting with sid all the way to jessie Rather complicated setup: (This does make sense although in th

Re: apt-cacher-ng and CNAMEs

2022-05-03 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 3 May 2022 21:24:11 +0200 Nito wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 15:16:47 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...], and I'm consequently somehow getting bitten by > > this issue: > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986356 > > > > But that (as described by the maintainer) mes

Re: apt-cacher-ng and CNAMEs

2022-05-03 Thread Nito
On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 15:16:47 -0400, Celejar wrote: > [...], and I'm consequently somehow getting bitten by > this issue: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986356 > > But that (as described by the maintainer) mess was supposedly resolved, > and the bug was closed. Am I miss

Re: apt-cacher-ng's expiry job failing

2019-05-03 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * David Wright [Sat, Apr 27 2019, 09:31:50AM]: > > /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/_xstore/rsnap/debrep/dists/unstable/45961554550630227606591 > > > > I removed the file and it started complaining about other similar files. > > After deleting a couple, the logs became even more unhelpful: > > > > M

Re: apt-cacher-ng's expiry job failing

2019-04-27 Thread David Wright
On Sat 27 Apr 2019 at 07:47:44 (-0300), Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 26/04/2019 13:05, David Wright wrote: > > Today's successful run, which removed probably most of the wheezy > > packages in my cache¹, had the following error in the log: > > > > Error at > > security.debian.org/debian-securi

Re: apt-cacher-ng's expiry job failing

2019-04-27 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 26/04/2019 13:05, David Wright wrote: > Today's successful run, which removed probably most of the wheezy > packages in my cache¹, had the following error in the log: > > Error at > security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/stretch/updates/19704841552237202370979443 > > but it didn't stop the r

Re: apt-cacher-ng's expiry job failing

2019-04-26 Thread David Wright
On Thu 25 Apr 2019 at 13:08:07 (+), Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > The daily apt-cacher-ng expiry job is failing in my machine. It refers > me to a log file, whose contents are: > > --- > Maintenance task Expiration, apt-cacher-ng version: 2 > > Locating potentially expired files in the cache.

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 02:24:22PM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Any practical difference between \*wheezy\* and '*wheezy*' in this case? Both forms of quoting yield identical results. As does "*wheezy*".

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread Adam Weremczuk
Hi Greg, Thank you for taking the time to point out all the shortcomings. On 25/03/19 13:21, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:11:21PM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: I've found 30 entries referencing wheezy and removed them all: sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher/ -type f -name *whe

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread deb
On 3/25/19 9:21 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:11:21PM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: I've found 30 entries referencing wheezy and removed them all: sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher/ -type f -name *wheezy* | xargs rm sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher -type f -name '*wheezy*'

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 12:11:21PM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > I've found 30 entries referencing wheezy and removed them all: > > sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher/ -type f -name *wheezy* | xargs rm sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher -type f -name '*wheezy*' -delete There are three mistakes in you

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread Adam Weremczuk
I've found 30 entries referencing wheezy and removed them all: sudo find /var/cache/apt-cacher/ -type f -name *wheezy* | xargs rm which appears to have fixed the issue. Thanks, Adam On 25/03/19 11:43, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 07:05:11AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrot

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 07:05:11AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 08:59:40AM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > On 24th March (last Sunday) I received the following (for the first time): > > > > Subject: Cron test -x /usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-clean

Re: apt-cacher errors

2019-03-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 08:59:40AM +, Adam Weremczuk wrote: > Hi all, > > On 24th March (last Sunday) I received the following (for the first time): > > Subject: Cron test -x /usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-cleanup.pl && > /usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-cleanup.pl > > Error: cannot open

Re: apt-cacher-ng / autoclean

2017-12-31 Thread Hans
Am Sonntag, 31. Dezember 2017, 11:54:12 CET schrieb Dominique Dumont: Hi Dominique, thanks for the information. The manual was not quite clear for me, what it wants. With your example below, I understood what to do. It was not clear for me, that I must use a browser, and thought, a commandline

Re: apt-cacher-ng / autoclean

2017-12-31 Thread Dominique Dumont
On Sunday, 31 December 2017 11:24:30 CET Hans wrote: > What must I do, if this is possible at all? apt-cacher-ng provides a web page to perform maintenance. Open with your favorite browser the page: http://replace-with-your-cache-host:3142/acng-report.html For more details, see https://ww

Re: apt-cacher-ng / autoclean

2017-12-31 Thread basti
Hello, first of all there is an management page (http://yourhost:3142) and there are also config options see https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/acng/html/maint.html#maint Best Regards, On 31.12.2017 11:24, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am a little bit stuck. > > I am regularly building a li

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-16 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 10:44:01AM -0400, Bob Weber wrote: > > > > > Simple workaround for now: > > > > /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > > deb http://site1.ip.address/debian jessie-backports main > > #deb http://site2.ip.address/debian jessie-backports main > > > > > > Now just change the

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-16 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com [Wed, Jun 14 2017, 09:57:50PM]: >Hello, > >I have a suggestion for a client program/package in combination with >apt-cacher-ng > >Consider following situation: > >User U_A has a laptop which he uses at home and at university > >He ha

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-16 Thread Yvan Masson
> Another solution whichi does not depend of the server software (squid or > apt-cacher-ng) is to use this directive on the client: > Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect > > I could not find a good example in English, but here is one in French. > Obviously, man 5 apt.conf also explains it. Oups, for

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-15 Thread David Wright
On Thu 15 Jun 2017 at 16:44:27 (+0200), tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the tips. Like I said, I'd prefer a program that does all > this in the background by calling one simple command Sure. You're free to commission one from a C/C++ programmer. We're just illustrating that the co

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-15 Thread tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com
Thanks for the tips. Like I said, I'd prefer a program that does all this in the background by calling one simple command On 15-Jun-17 4:38 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 15 Jun 2017 at 10:16:45 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:57:50PM +0200, tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-15 Thread Bob Weber
> Simple workaround for now: > > /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb http://site1.ip.address/debian jessie-backports main > #deb http://site2.ip.address/debian jessie-backports main > > > Now just change the comment from one to the other, run apt-get > update and go. > > Second workaround,

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-15 Thread David Wright
On Thu 15 Jun 2017 at 10:16:45 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:57:50PM +0200, tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com wrote: > > The shown way is not very comfortable. > > > > 1. it is annoying having to remember IP addresses > > 2. sed command is error prone (consider typos, etc.) >

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-15 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 10:16:45AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:57:50PM +0200, tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com wrote: The shown way is not very comfortable. 1. it is annoying having to remember IP addresses 2. sed command is error prone (consider typos, etc.) 3. copying arou

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-15 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:57:50PM +0200, tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com wrote: > The shown way is not very comfortable. > > 1. it is annoying having to remember IP addresses > 2. sed command is error prone (consider typos, etc.) > 3. copying around backup files is time consuming having to type in a

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-14 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 15/06/2017 à 04:51, Andy Smith a écrit : > Hello, > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:57:50PM +0200, tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com wrote: >> apt-cacher-switch add :> >> apt-cacher-switch add :> >> >> Then at university: >> apt-cacher-switch enable >> >> At home: >> apt-cacher-switch enable >> >>

Re: apt-cacher-ng related program and package suggestion

2017-06-14 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:57:50PM +0200, tuxderlinuxfuch...@gmail.com wrote: > apt-cacher-switch add :> > apt-cacher-switch add :> > > Then at university: > apt-cacher-switch enable > > At home: > apt-cacher-switch enable > > In an environment where no cacher is on the network > apt

Re: apt-cacher-ng not expiring any more

2015-09-11 Thread David Wright
Quoting Wolfgang Karall (lists+debian-u...@karall-edv.at): > On 15-09-11 11:06:58, David Wright wrote: > > The wheezy-backports-sloppy version, 0.8.3-1~bpo7+1 (i386) worked > > well, but only until Sept 5/6; on this occasion, the disppearing file > > is debrep/dists/jessie/InRelease: > > > > Bring

Re: apt-cacher-ng not expiring any more

2015-09-11 Thread Wolfgang Karall
Hi David, On 15-09-11 11:06:58, David Wright wrote: > The wheezy-backports-sloppy version, 0.8.3-1~bpo7+1 (i386) worked > well, but only until Sept 5/6; on this occasion, the disppearing file > is debrep/dists/jessie/InRelease: > > Bringing index files up to date... > Checking/Updating debrep/dis

Re: apt-cacher-ng not expiring any more

2015-09-11 Thread David Wright
Quoting Eduard Bloch (e...@gmx.de): > * David Wright [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:00:41AM]: > > Running apt-cacher-ng on wheezy (with wheezy-backports), some missing > > files in the repository are making the expiration step fail. Here are > > the relevant lines from the log: > > > > Checking/Updating >

Re: apt-cacher-ng not expiring any more

2015-08-30 Thread David Wright
Quoting Eduard Bloch (e...@gmx.de): > * David Wright [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:00:41AM]: > > Running apt-cacher-ng on wheezy (with wheezy-backports), some missing > > files in the repository are making the expiration step fail. Here are > > the relevant lines from the log: > > > > Checking/Updating >

Re: apt-cacher-ng not expiring any more

2015-08-28 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * David Wright [Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:00:41AM]: > Running apt-cacher-ng on wheezy (with wheezy-backports), some missing > files in the repository are making the expiration step fail. Here are > the relevant lines from the log: > > Checking/Updating > debrep/dists/jessie-backports/main/binar

Re: apt-cacher-ng and apt-get changelog result in http 500 error

2015-03-21 Thread David Wright
Quoting Bernd Naumann (be...@kr217.de): > I can't use `apt-get changelog` while have `apt-cacher-ng` running, > which is really annoying. > > I.e.: > ``` > apt-get changelog screen > Err Changelog for screen > (http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/screen/screen_4.1.0~2 > 0120320gitdb

Re: apt-cacher-ng: Cache storage error while opening data file

2010-07-13 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:04:05 +, T o n g wrote: > I got the following error when doing "aptitude update": > > Err http://cdn.debian.net testing/main Packages > 503 Cache storage error while opening data file > Err http://security.geo.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages > 404 OK > >

Recovered!! (Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer))

2010-03-01 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:01:44PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Or, just use "sudo dpkg -i old-package.deb" (maybe in chroot). > > Please read "Chapter 2. Debian package management" > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-refere

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-28 Thread Freeman
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 09:22:34PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:05:58 -0800 > Freeman wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:01:44PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > ... > > > > Osamu > > > > OMG! > > > > Osamu as in "Debian Reference Copyright 2007-2009 Osamu Aoki"? > > > > T

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-27 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:05:58 -0800 Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:01:44PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: ... > > Osamu > > OMG! > > Osamu as in "Debian Reference Copyright 2007-2009 Osamu Aoki"? > > That was an undertaking. > > There is a great deal of clarity in the way the referenc

Re: Recovered!! (was Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer))

2010-02-27 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-02-27 12:04:08, Freeman wrote: ... > Following the big xserver-org/mesa seg-fault/crash I was at grub > playing space invaders. > > 1.) I could reach the diversion to maintenance mode where it > recommended running e2fsck on mounted partitions, which I eventually > did, reluctantly. I wou

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-27 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:01:44PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:41:26AM -0800, Freeman wrote: > > > In which case, I pin the rolled back version to 1001. The preferences file > > can live on in moderation for the sake of learning. > > Or, just use "sudo dpkg -i o

Recovered!! (was Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer))

2010-02-27 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:01:44PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:41:26AM -0800, Freeman wrote: > > > > My ego may be the more delicately balanced but my system is the more > > > > precious. :) > > > > > > This squeeze testing cycle has been rough because of major t

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-22 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:41:26AM -0800, Freeman wrote: > > > My ego may be the more delicately balanced but my system is the more > > > precious. :) > > > > This squeeze testing cycle has been rough because of major transitions. > > My recent upgrade in one of the multiboot setup from stabl

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-21 Thread Freeman
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 06:41:35PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:15:24PM -0800, Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 05:10:26PM -0800, evenso wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 02:33:05PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > > On Monday 15 February 201

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-20 Thread Freeman
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 06:41:35PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:15:24PM -0800, Freeman wrote: > > I'd rather find out that the above Preferences are destructive here than > > during an install! > > Your setting will install latest experimental of a package which

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-20 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 20 February 2010 11:24:01 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat,20.Feb.10, 18:41:35, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > FYI: > > The upcoming apt_preferences(5) manpage (e.g.: apt_0.7.26~exp2_i386.deb) > > states: > > > >Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system > > administrator but

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-20 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,20.Feb.10, 18:41:35, Osamu Aoki wrote: > FYI: > The upcoming apt_preferences(5) manpage (e.g.: apt_0.7.26~exp2_i386.deb) > states: > >Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator >but they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without ca

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-20 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20100220094135.gc12...@osamu.debian.net>, Osamu Aoki wrote: >Right >now, stable and testing have too much gap usually to be useful. That's not true. I mix stable/backports/testing/unstable/experimental. Roughly 78% of my systems is packages from stable with the remainder mostly from testin

Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-20 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:15:24PM -0800, Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 05:10:26PM -0800, evenso wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 02:33:05PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > On Monday 15 February 2010 13:30:19 Freeman wrote: > > > > > > > > > However, could a rollback

Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer)

2010-02-19 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 05:10:26PM -0800, evenso wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 02:33:05PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 15 February 2010 13:30:19 Freeman wrote: > > > > > > However, could a rollback represent an incursion on the priority system? > > > > With testing/unsta

Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer

2010-02-15 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 02:33:05PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 15 February 2010 13:30:19 Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:59:33PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > > > > Mixed systems that are supported with no configuration change: > > > stable/backports

Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer

2010-02-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 15 February 2010 13:30:19 Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:59:33PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 15 February 2010 12:22:08 Freeman wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:18:51AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:32:10AM -0800, free

Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer

2010-02-15 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:59:33PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 15 February 2010 12:22:08 Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:18:51AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:32:10AM -0800, freeman wrote: > > > > Is pinning really necessary or can I get

Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer

2010-02-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 15 February 2010 12:22:08 Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:18:51AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:32:10AM -0800, freeman wrote: > > > Is pinning really necessary or can I get by with aptitude and my > > > apt.conf file: > > > > > > APT::Default-Release "

Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer

2010-02-15 Thread Freeman
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:18:51AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:32:10AM -0800, freeman wrote: > > > I've used apt-cacher, and it worked well. However, I recommend > apt-cacher-ng (which I'm using now). I have Ubuntu and Debian machines > on my LAN, and apt-cacher did not

Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer

2010-02-15 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:32:10AM -0800, freeman wrote: > I installed apt-cacher because I wanted a way to reliably roll back one > version of a package in testing. This way, if a new version is buggy, the > way the recent xserver-xorg/mesa was for me, and I let it slip by > apt-listbugs, I may p

Re: apt-cacher starting twice

2008-05-25 Thread Mark Hindley
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 09:35:37AM -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed apt-cacher in a Debian Lenny (fully updated) I also > have apache on that server (if this matters), the problem is that at > startup apt-cacher tries to start twice, the first one goes well, and > the seco

Re: apt-cacher questions (Debug results)

2006-11-28 Thread Wayne Topa
Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Eduard Bloch([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > Maybe mixed up with Ubuntu packages? Hard to debug. Enable the debug > > logging and look for suspicious things. Unfortunately, I cannot work > > on apt-cacher's successor no

Re: apt-cacher questions

2006-11-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Eduard Bloch([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > #include * Wayne Topa [Mon, Nov 27 2006, 09:53:12AM]: > > Wackojacko([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > Wayne Topa wrote: > > > >I am trying to setup apt-cacher (v1.5.3) and seem to be getting > > > >some strange results.

Re: apt-cacher questions

2006-11-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Wayne Topa [Mon, Nov 27 2006, 09:53:12AM]: > Wackojacko([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Wayne Topa wrote: > > >I am trying to setup apt-cacher (v1.5.3) and seem to be getting some > > >strange results. I wonder if any apt-cacher users might enlighten me. > > > > > >(3)

Re: apt-cacher questions

2006-11-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Wackojacko([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Wayne Topa wrote: > >I am trying to setup apt-cacher (v1.5.3) and seem to be getting some > >strange results. I wonder if any apt-cacher users might enlighten me. > > > >(3) > >How have you setup your servers sources.list? I saw a referenc

Re: apt-cacher questions

2006-11-27 Thread Wackojacko
Wayne Topa wrote: I am trying to setup apt-cacher (v1.5.3) and seem to be getting some strange results. I wonder if any apt-cacher users might enlighten me. (1) I'm trying to do an update from a laptop connected to this server. On the laptop, using aptitude or apt-get update, both programs qui

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 01:10:26PM +0100, Glyn Tebbutt wrote: > I to used both apt-proxy and apt-cacher and prefer apt-cacher as I had a > weird timeout delay on apt-proxy and it was'nt included within sarge > (when I started looking at theses solutions) apt-cacher works fanastic > though, I just r

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-09 Thread Glyn Tebbutt
On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 17:01 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:46:18PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:57:06PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:37:33 -0400 > > > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, J

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:53:56 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:57:06PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:37:33 -0400 > > > > Apt-cacher serves the same purpose as apt-proxy and works just as > > well, in my experience. I switched to it

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 05:01:58PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I have used both apt-proxy and apt-cacher. Both work, but apt-cacher > is much simpler and easier, and when I last looked apt-proxy was not > really part of Sarge. > It made the release: $ apt-cache policy apt-proxy apt-proxy:

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:57:06PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:37:33 -0400 > > Apt-cacher serves the same purpose as apt-proxy and works just as well, > in my experience. I switched to it before apt-proxy v2 hit Sarge and > found it to be better than apt-proxy v1 and it would sta

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:46:18PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:57:06PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:37:33 -0400 > > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 05:09:22PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > Now tha

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 04:57:06PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:37:33 -0400 > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 05:09:22PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Now that I'll be upgrading my lan's server to sarge, I plan also > > > to install

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:09:22 -0400 Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that I'll be upgrading my lan's server to sarge, I plan also > to install apt-cacher on it, so my other machines won't have to do > as much long-haul net traffic. > > Can I start the woody->sarge upgrade by updating,

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:37:33 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 05:09:22PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Now that I'll be upgrading my lan's server to sarge, I plan also > > to install apt-cacher on it, so my other machines won't have to do > > as much

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 05:09:22PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Now that I'll be upgrading my lan's server to sarge, I plan also > to install apt-cacher on it, so my other machines won't have to do > as much long-haul net traffic. > > Can I start the woody->sarge upgrade by updating, first, > apti

Re: apt-cacher

2005-06-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 05:09:22PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Now that I'll be upgrading my lan's server to sarge, I plan also > to install apt-cacher on it, so my other machines won't have to do > as much long-haul net traffic. > > Can I start the woody->sarge upgrade by updating, first, > apti