[Techtalk] probs with apt-proxy configuration in ubuntu-breezy

Robyn Manning rmanning at iinet.net.au
Fri Nov 4 00:58:30 EST 2005


On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 06:35 +1100, Mary wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2005, Robyn Manning wrote:
> > I want to have an apt-proxy cache with hoary and breezy files in it. The
> > mirror I'm using is http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ my conf file
> > and sources.list are following. I know I've got some stuff commented out
> > but that was only so I'd get some of it working before I went for the
> > whole thing.
> 
> Ok, one thing: are you able to install things using this apt-proxy yet?
> Try installing a package that you've never installed before while your
> sources.list is pointed at it. It may also be that apt-proxy hasn't
> "checked in" with its set backend yet (if you've never actually used
> it).
Hi Mary

I've downloaded and installed a small game and it is working.

It left the downloaded file in the apt-proxy cache
at /var/cache/apt-proxy/ubuntu/pool/universe/o/overkill/
but it put it in the apt cache as well at /var/cache/apt/archives which
I don't want.

Robyn

> I may have more time to debug this tonight.
> 
> -Mary
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