Anyway to have apt-get check another URL first for a package before downloading?
To avoid downloading packages on setting up a new machine I've actually just scp'ed /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb to the new machine from a machine that already has been setup. I'm wondering if there's anyway I can just set my internal web server to point to /var/cache/apt/archives and have apt-get check there first before fetching the package. For example, before fetching apache_1.3.28-1_i386.deb from a source listed in my sources.list, it first tries something like: http://somelocalmachine/debian/apache_1.3.28-1_i386.deb apt-move seems more involved than I need -- after all I can still just use my old way to scp the .debs to where I need them. And I don't really want to setup a mirror, just a cache. Of course apt-move seems to have some nice features, such as only .debs of installed packages around. Suggestions? Thanks, -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]