apt upgrade boxes that don't have a fast connection

[Lee Braiden]

On Friday 22 July 2005 18:12, Carl Karsten wrote:
> All of this should work, but I am very fuzzy on the alias wget line - not
> sure if apt will deal with the files not showing up.
>
> BoxA: (dialup)
> alias wget='echo wget $1>>wgets.sh'
> apt-get upgrade
> unalias wget
> cp gets.sh /media/thumbdrive-thing/
>
> move thumbdrive to BoxB: (fast connection)
> cd /media/thumbdrive-thing
> ./wgets.sh
>
> Or is the a more elegant way of doing this?

$ apt-cache show apt-proxy

apt-proxy automatically builds a Debian HTTP mirror based
 on requests which pass through the proxy.  It's great for
 multiple Debian machines on the same network with a slower
 internet link.

Also, apt-get upgrade --print-uris should work a little nicer than aliasing 
wget, if you still want to do things manually.

-- 
Lee Braiden
http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com
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