[ubuntu-za] Update library?

[Raoul Snyman]

Hi guys,

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:12:12 +0200, Hilton Gibson <hgibson at sun.ac.za>
wrote:
>> The best way to do this would be to create your own apt repository on
> one of
>> your machines / servers. So that server will update itself from the
> ubuntu
>> apt repository, and your other machines will update from that one.
> Hi Alex
> 
> Have a look at this page:
> http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/MakeLocalMirror
> 
> If you manage to get it right then all you need to do is update your
> server every couple of weeks. If a group of you get together you could
> "share" an entire repo.

While this is one way of doing it, I'm very hesitant to call it the "best".
If you make a local repo, chances are you're going to be downloading ALL
the packages, whether or not you ned them. With a system like apt-cacher,
you only download those packages you need. apt-cacher is therefore most
likely lighter on bandwidth than a repository.

Of course I could be wrong, but all the stuff I've read so far about local
repositories involves downloading *all* the packages.

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