On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Eduard Bloch <e...@gmx.de> wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > Yes, it's a tiny HTTP proxy with some sugar, getting extra knowledge > from package databases or predefined configuration and making more > optimal decissions than ordinary HTTP proxies. > > If you decide to use it, you could reuse the data you already > downloaded. There are instructions for integration into the acng cache > in /usr/share/doc/apt-cacher-ng/html/howtos.html . And if you want to > save some disk space and your NFS storage is permanently mounted, then > you could even put symlinks into the import directory (cp -asf > /download/... /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/import/). > > And if you still want to have a local snapshot of the whole Debian > archive in order to avoid future internet connections, there is a new > feature in recent versions called "Guided precaching". That function > actually examines some Packages.bz2/Sources.bz2 files (or whatever you > specify as long as the file is parseable by acng) and downloads > everything listed therein. Usually the resulting tree in the cache > directory is defacto a partial mirror, containing files which apt might > need for a certain architecture. > > Regards, > Eduard. >
Freeman & Eduard, Wow! thanks soooo much for that! You guys are awesome for taking the time to explain it all so wonderfully. That helps clear up like almost everything. So it i exactly that, a smart proxy that actually know what to go out to get from the web if it's not already in the cache...but once it's downloaded it stays there so it's not a FULL repository, but ONLY a repository of the packages you have tried to download once so that way I can save on space and time as I found out that the local mirror I was building failed as I ran out of space :( So this is my only option if I want to have a local mirror The only problem I have now is how do I install that on Solaris as my jumpstart/kickstart/nfs/central server is a Solaris 8 machine :( It appears that the acng package might only be available for Debian). Will have a look to see if I can compile this from source and have it run on Solaris. It doesn't seem to be doing anything that should restrict it to be only run on Debian based OSes I'm guessing Cheers, |R
