Matt Mossholder on 26 Oct 2007 19:46:35 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Apt-proxies?


On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:35:00 -0400, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> I am currently running 'apt-proxy' on my Debian server to cache packages
> for Debian and Ubuntu [1].  It's a great concept and it used to work
> really well, but since I upgraded to Etch apt-proxy has been really
> unstable and has required frequent re-starts to keep it mostly working.
>   That is unacceptable.
> 
> After a trivial apt-cache search I see the following:
> * approx - caching proxy server for Debian archive files
> * apt-cacher - caching proxy system for Debian package and source files
> X apt-proxy - Debian archive proxy and partial mirror builder
> 


I use apt-cacher, but haven't moved that specific system to Gutsy yet. You should like it, though, it is Perl based. :)

          --Matt

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