apt-proxy-users

[Apt-proxy-users] USING CDROM WITH APT-PROXY

[David R. <dr...@ry...>]

    Hi there,

    I'm running a small group of servers and apt-proxy looks just what I 
need for cutting down on downloading. To get things started I want to 
use the standard Debian sarge 3.1 release on a DVD as a source of 
packages. Just as an experiment I have commented out the http servers in 
the [debian] list of backend servers in apt-proxy-v2.conf, and inserted 
'file:///media/cdrom sarge main', which normally works for my setup.  
For the apt clients I use 'deb http://192.168.0.1:9999/debian/ sarge 
main contrib non-free'.

    The apt-proxy log file gets quite excited, but it takes a bit of 
understanding and I'm not there yet. Before I waste any time here I 
wonder if someone could let me know whether my hope of using a cdrom as 
input  is a reasonable one..

    TIA,

    David R.

Re: [Apt-proxy-users] USING CDROM WITH APT-PROXY

[Chris H. <ha...@de...>]

Hi, sorry for the delay

On Wednesday 07 Dec 2005 14:23, David Rayner wrote:
>     I'm running a small group of servers and apt-proxy looks just what I
> need for cutting down on downloading. To get things started I want to
> use the standard Debian sarge 3.1 release on a DVD as a source of
> packages. Just as an experiment I have commented out the http servers in
> the [debian] list of backend servers in apt-proxy-v2.conf, and inserted
> 'file:///media/cdrom sarge main', which normally works for my setup.

>     The apt-proxy log file gets quite excited, but it takes a bit of
> understanding and I'm not there yet. Before I waste any time here I
> wonder if someone could let me know whether my hope of using a cdrom as
> input  is a reasonable one..

apt-proxy 1.9.32 supports file:// backends - you should find it works from 
that version. But the version in sarge is too old I'm afraid. Which version 
of debian is your apt-proxy server running?

Chris