Re: [Apt-proxy-users] Transferring .debs from one apt-proxy cache to another...

[Chris H. <chr...@gm...>]

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:49:00AM +1000, Roland Gerlach wrote:
> Periodically I burn a CD of the .deb files in apt-proxy directory on the
> work system and copy the files into the apt-proxy directory at home.
> Apt-proxy seams to cope with this and when I upgrade the home systems, it
> performs the rsync which sends and receives only a couple of hundred bytes
> to confirm that the file is up-to-date.  Still much better than performing
> an rsync with a previous version.
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> Unfortunately, when I upgrade another system at home, apt-proxy performs =
the
> same rsync over and over again.  I'd really like to avoid the additional
> traffic - any suggestions?

Hmm, that behaviour sounds odd.  I can't tell you why it's happening like
that.  Maybe you can add DEBUG=3Dtrue to /etc/apt-proxy/apt-proxy.conf and
send me a copy of /var/log/apt-proxy.log for such a session?

Normally, apt-proxy will not try to re-rsync a .deb once it has it in its
cache.  This is because once a .deb is put in the archive, it is never
changed - changes are uploaded with a new filename.

Packages and Sources files do get re-updated - if the inode change time is
older than BACKEND_FREQ minutes.  But that only happens when you run
apt-get update, not apt-get install.=20

> Today I discovered apt-proxy-import and will give it a try tonight to see=
 if
> it avoids these extra rsyncs.

I don't think it will, because it just copies the file into the correct
directory, and renames it if necessary.  That is the same as your copy from
CD.

HTH,
Chris
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