On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 10:06:42 BST hitachi303 wrote: > Am 04.09.23 um 15:04 schrieb Michael: > > PS. Is http_replicator still available/maintained? I see the wiki > > mentions > > apt-cacher-ng for local distfiles cache. > > IIRC it died when python or perl 2.x was no longer available.
It's worth mentioning another option, not involving a full caching proxy as such. It may suit Walter's workflow so I mention it here for completeness. A lightweight browser can serve files directly from the local mirror's own /var/ cache/distfiles. Unlike a caching proxy, files not already downloaded/needed by the local mirror won't be available locally, so the clients will download these from external mirrors. The local server will need to be updated first, to fetch all the latest source file versions. If there is a large difference in package requirements between different clients and the server, then only a partial bandwidth efficiency will be achieved this way. Also if all the clients require the same packages not available on the server, then these will be downloaded by each client separately from external mirrors, further eroding any savings in overall bandwidth. Setting up a small footprint browser like gatling, or just a couple of lines of python http.server, will allow any light on resources gentoo machine to become a useful local mirror with minimal configuration.
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