[Gllug] shared debian cache dir

[Tom Gilbert]

* 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 do this, I use NFS for it, works just fine, I export
/var/lib/apt/lists and /var/cache/apt and mount it on multiple boxes.
You have to turn off NFS root squashing, so make sure you only export it
to trusted IP's.

Tom.
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