On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 12:09:55PM +0200, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > Wim Kerkhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Anyways, I want to set up something, so that whatever apt-get downloads is > > stuc > > k into a proper hierachy like the mirrors do, and possibly a package file as > > well. That way, when I want to reinstall, I just install whatever off the > > CD, > > and upgrade to potato with my partial mirror. It does *kinda* suck to have > > to > > re-download all those packages again at 5kb/sec :) > > > You could point your `sources.list' to the cache directory. Indeed > there is a way to do what you want, but you would have to abandon > apt-get in favour of `dftp', which creates a directory hierarchy and > all needed package files whenever you download packages with `dftp > getnew' (preferably with the option `--ask'; you can then even get a > description of new packages which aren't yet installed on your > system). >
I wrote a script to do what he wants. If anybody would be interested in giving it a try, I'd be more than happy to send you a copy. Mike [Private mail welcome, but no need to CC: me on list replies.] -- Michael Merten ---> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---> NRA Life Member -- http://www.nra.org ---> Debian GNU/Linux Fan -- http://www.debian.org ---> CenLA-LUG Founder -- http://www.angelfire.com/la2/cenlalug -- "That the People have a right to keep and bear Arms; that a well regulated Militia, composed of the Body of the People, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe Defence of a free state." -- George Mason