Re: Sharing up2date downloads.

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On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 19:08, Benjamin Vander Jagt wrote:
> I tried the same thing.  The problem is that up2date wants to delete the
> files once it's done.  I assume it locks the files it's using. 
> Unfortunately, the easiest solution I've found is to start up2date, let
> it finish downloading, then just save the files, say on CD, and manually
> copy them to each system I want to update.  Then up2date just says
> "already downloaded".  The problems with this include that it's still a
> little extra work, and all systems need internet access.

You can configure "up2date" so it doesn't delete downloaded files: they
will be left at "/var/spool/up2date". You can then safely distribute and
install on any more machines.
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