debmirror option

[Robert Markula]

Toomas Tamm wrote:
> Another little-advertised alternative, which has worked here for ages,
> is apt-cacher .
> 
> deb http://apt-cacher.yki.ttu.ee/apt-cacher/ftp.ee.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib
> 
> This is pointing at an Estonian mirror. Adapt for your situation. The
> host apt-cacher.yki.ttu.ee needs apache2 and apt-cacher packages
> installed. Should even work without the apache.
> 
> There is also an apt-cacher-ng which should be even better, but I have
> not tried it.

+1 for apt-cacher-ng. I haven't used apt-cacher, but it's easier to
setup and the big advantage - the package is more or less
self-contained; you don't need a webserver.

All in all my experience was that apt-cacher-ng is way more stable than
apt-proxy.

Cheers,
Robert