On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 11:06:29AM -0500, CSights wrote: > Hi everyone, > Somewhere I got the idea of using Squid as a package cache instead of > approx, > apt-cacher, apt-proxy, etc. (E.g. [1]) That thread had some of the details > needed, but it is missing some details. E.g. The settings that will allow > the hard drive to spin down.
This is right one :-) ... > One also needs to change apt's configuration file so that apt will use > the > Squid computer as a proxy. On each computer add to /etc/apt/apt.conf the > line: > Acquire::http::Proxy "http://SQUID_COMPUTER_IPORNAME:3128/"; > > If anyone has improvements please add to this thread. Maybe we can add > this > to the Debian wiki? :) > C. > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/05/msg01761.html have you looked /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz // HTTP method configuration http { Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128"; Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting Timeout "120"; Pipeline-Depth "5"; // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2 No-Cache "false"; Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives Dl-Limit "7"; // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate }; I did not elaborate much at http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#proxyserverforapt Wiki will be nice. Osamu > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]