[Gllug] shared debian cache dir

[John Davies]

I've not done it myself but I believe apt-move is the
thing that you are looking for.

j
--- Vincent AE Scott <gllug at codex.net> wrote:
> I'm getting to like this thing you call debian to
> such an extent that i
> have more than one instance of it running now.  but,
> how can i share one
> copy of /var/cache/apt/archives amongst many
> installations?  i really
> dont want to have to download the same thing
> multiple times, and i dont
> want to mirror all of debian.
> 
> i've tried sharing the directory via http/ftp but
> that fails, as there's
> no associated Package info.
> 
> i'm sure this must be a common problem, but my
> googling incantation
> failed miserably.  can a debian user point me in the
> correct direction?
> 
> cheers,
> -v
> 
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