On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:17 -0600, "Paul E Condon" <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: > I see in the aptitude package list three packages that are proxy > servers specifically designed to proxy the package files from a Debian > repository/mirror. There may be more than three. I didn't work very > hard at searching. The three that I found are, apt-proxy, apt-cacher, > and approx. > > They all have very similar descriptions. All the descriptions say that > their particular package is easy to set up and easy to use. Some say > they are easier than one of the other. Has anyone done comparisons of > these against each other? What are the points on which they actually > differ? Do the differences matter? And, are there any other proxy > servers for packages that I haven't found, and are worth while?
If I understood approx properly, it doesn't use package pools which may not matter to you. I did try apt-proxy. Worked well as far as caching newly downloaded packages but it did not import the existing cache (/var/cache/apt/archives). Googling, I've found the problem isn't new, but it appears to be one the maintainer isn't interested in fixing. wg -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org