Andre Osku Schmidt (2010-05-16 13:33): > 2010/5/16 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On Sat, 2010-05-15 at 23:47 +0200, Andre "Osku" Schmidt wrote: > >> 2010/5/15 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> > Check out 'pkgd' > >> > >> thanks, works nicely! > >> > >> only couple issues that would be nice if it could do too (or already > >> does, and i just didn't find out how) > >> > >> - not usable from arch installer. i assume i cant use it as proxy > >> setting what is asked in the installer. but maybe i can somehow else > >> use it from the installer? > > > > You would need (AFAIK) to install some packages first to start using it. > >> > >> - if the package is not found on the pkgd server, it will be loaded > >> from internet to the client machine. is there a way to tell the pkgd > >> server to download it and serve it to the client ? > > > > Not that I'm aware off. Talk to Xyne. > > > > Perhaps you'd just want to set up your own mirror. There's projects for > > that as well in the AUR, just search. > > do you mean a general mirroring tool ? > as i didn't found anything pkg specific mirror tool... > > and wouldn't a mirror tool require my server to have ALL > core/extra/community packages ? how big are those repos ? <...> I don't really remember your initial question, but I use one package directory for 3 computers by simply having a central /var/cache/pacman, which I then mount read-write with samba. To use it from the installer, you would have to install 'smbclient' after booting. -- -- Rogutės Sparnuotos
