On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:22:26AM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > > (I use NFS for apt, because my workstations have limited disk capacity, > > and I have many of them, so I often download everything on one machine, and > > then > > remove lock, and use it on others machine to save Internet bandwidth). > > I would suggest, as an alternative, to use 'apt-cacher-ng' instead. You > install it in one system and then make the others use it as a proxy for apt > downloads. That way you do not have to handle file locking issues.
I do not think apt-cacher-ng address this issue: apt-cacher-ng addresses the limited bandwidth issue, but not the limited disk capacity issue. apt-get will download package through apt-cacher-ng but still stores them in /var/cache/apt. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org