Posted by Anonymous on Wed 4 May 2005 at 07:49
In my home network I have 2 Debian Sarge machines: one acting as a server (web, samba, cvs, etc), the other one as a client (KDE). To keep up with all updates I regularly perform 'aptitude update; aptitude upgrade'. Separately, for each machine.
So, many times I fetch updated package more then once over my internet connection.
It seems to me there must be a more economical way, so I am wondering how the pros, who manage many debian machines, do this.
Can I configure aptitude to look for the packages in a particular place in the network?
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