How to mirror the ubuntu repositories?

[Santanu Chatterjee]

On 3/21/06, Matt Palmer <mpalmer at hezmatt.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 04:45:56PM +0530, Santanu Chatterjee wrote:
> > I intend to mirror the universe repository on a local hard disk, and
> > use it to provide an universe apt repo to our other local machines.
>
> Consider using apt-proxy instead of mirroring all of Universe.  I'd wager
> that you'll only ever use a small fraction of Universe, and this way you
> won't end up wasting a large chunk of bandwidth that you'll never get any
> benefit from.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try using apt-proxy. It seems to be
better suited to my needs.

Regards,
Santanu