Author: parazyd Date: To: Lars Noodén CC: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Caching binary .deb packages
On Mon, 06 Jun 2016, Lars Noodén wrote:
> I've been messing around with building a live image and notice that it
> looks like there are a lot of different mirrors getting called into
> play. I was expecting the same mirrors to be used each time so I could
> populate my local cache on the first try and then use that cache on
> subsequent builds. Is there any efficient way to cache everything I
> access on the first try? I'm using squid3 right now but should I be
> using apt-cacher or apt-cacher-ng instead?
>
If you're consistently making the same image each time, why not create
just a ready tarball you can extract each time you make an image? That
way you save your time and put less load on package mirrors.