24 May
2012
24 May
'12
1:13 p.m.
Hello,
If you're a customer running Debian or Ubuntu then you're most
likely making use of our apt-cacher. The apt-cacher is quite an old
version, has a few small problems, and doesn't support IPv6.
I'm looking to replace it with apt-cacher-ng but I'd like to test it
some more first.
If you'd like to help test it, please could you replace any instance
of "apt-cacher" in your /etc/apt/sources.list with "test-cacher"?
e.g.
deb http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
becomes:
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
No need to let me know if it works for you, only if it doesn't work
for you. :)
Thanks,
Andy
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24 May
24 May
1:25 p.m.
New subject: Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu package caching
On Thu, 24 May 2012 13:13:44 +0000
Andy Smith <andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
If you're a customer running Debian or Ubuntu then
you're most
likely making use of our apt-cacher. The apt-cacher is quite an old
version, has a few small problems, and doesn't support IPv6.
I'm looking to replace it with apt-cacher-ng but I'd like to test it
some more first.
If you'd like to help test it, please could you replace any instance
of "apt-cacher" in your /etc/apt/sources.list with "test-cacher"?
OK
I won't tell you if it works ;-)
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1:27 p.m.
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+1
Seems faster to me, too.
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-----Original Message-----
From: john lewis <zen57162(a)zen.co.uk>
To: users(a)lists.bitfolk.com
Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu
package caching
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:25:20 +0100
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On Thu, 24 May 2012 13:13:44 +0000
Andy Smith <andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
If you're a customer running Debian or Ubuntu then
you're most
likely making use of our apt-cacher. The apt-cacher is quite an old
version, has a few small problems, and doesn't support IPv6.
I'm looking to replace it with apt-cacher-ng but I'd like to test it
some more first.
If you'd like to help test it, please could you replace any instance
of "apt-cacher" in your /etc/apt/sources.list with "test-cacher"?
OK
I won't tell you if it works ;-)
1:28 p.m.
Seems to work OK to me.
Did seem to initially fail as it was trying to connect over IPv6, and
I'm not sure IPv6 is correctly configured on VM. Once I disabled IPv6,
it seemed to work OK.
On 24 May 2012 14:27, Miah Gregory <miah(a)darksilence.net> wrote:
+1
Seems faster to me, too.
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Miah
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-----Original Message-----
From: john lewis <zen57162(a)zen.co.uk>
To: users(a)lists.bitfolk.com
Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu
package caching
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:25:20 +0100
Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
On Thu, 24 May 2012 13:13:44 +0000
Andy Smith <andy(a)bitfolk.com> wrote:
If you're a customer running Debian or Ubuntu
then you're most
likely making use of our apt-cacher. The apt-cacher is quite an old
version, has a few small problems, and doesn't support IPv6.
I'm looking to replace it with apt-cacher-ng but I'd like to test it
some more first.
If you'd like to help test it, please could you replace any instance
of "apt-cacher" in your /etc/apt/sources.list with "test-cacher"?
OK
I won't tell you if it works ;-)
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1:36 p.m.
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Hi James,
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 02:28:37PM +0100, James Gregory wrote:
Did seem to initially fail as it was trying to connect
over IPv6, and
I'm not sure IPv6 is correctly configured on VM. Once I disabled IPv6,
it seemed to work OK.
Unlike apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com, test-cacher does have an IPv6
address, and hosts tend to use those first if they think they have
IPv6 connectivity. So those with broken IPv6 will encounter
problems.
Please do send in a support ticket so we can get your IPv6 fixed for
you.
If instead you'd rather disable IPv6 or prefer IPv4 there are some
notes here:
https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/IPv6#Preferring_IPv4_over_IPv6
https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/IPv6#Disabling_IPv6
Cheers,
Andy
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1:38 p.m.
New subject: Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu package caching
On 24/05/12 14:13, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
If you're a customer running Debian or Ubuntu then you're most
likely making use of our apt-cacher. The apt-cacher is quite an old
version, has a few small problems, and doesn't support IPv6.
I'm looking to replace it with apt-cacher-ng but I'd like to test it
some more first.
If you'd like to help test it, please could you replace any instance
of "apt-cacher" in your /etc/apt/sources.list with "test-cacher"?
e.g.
deb http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
becomes:
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
wheezy works, but wheezy/updates (or wheezy-updates) doesn't. Then
again, the updates weren't there on apt-cacher either. Should the
Wheezy updates repository be there, or am I doing something wrong? I've
got this in sources.list:
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/
wheezy main non-free contrib
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/
wheezy/updates main non-free contrib
cheers
Chris
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Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
1:51 p.m.
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Hi Chris,
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 02:38:08PM +0100, Chris Dennis wrote:
wheezy works, but wheezy/updates (or wheezy-updates)
doesn't. Then
again, the updates weren't there on apt-cacher either. Should the
Wheezy updates repository be there, or am I doing something wrong?
I've got this in sources.list:
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/
wheezy main non-free contrib
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/
wheezy/updates main non-free contrib
Easy way to check is to look if the actual mirror has what you're
looking for:
http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/
Note there's no wheezy/updates there.
Your sources.list file is actually wrong. $dist/updates normally
comes from security.debian.org (they're the security updates). See:
http://security.debian.org/dists/
There you have a squeeze/updates and a wheezy/updates
So your line in sources.list should actually be:
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main non-free contrib
which when cached becomes:
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates
main non-free contrib
Not to be confused with "$dist-updates"! Which are the updates
pushed from the main mirrors during the lifetime of the release,
i.e. the replacement for what used to be known as "volatile".
A sources.list for squeeze looks like this:
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze
main
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates
main
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates
main
Replace "squeeze" with "wheezy" for yours (and add on non-free,
contrib etc. if you like).
Cheers,
Andy
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25 May
25 May
10:01 a.m.
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Thank you for your patient and comprehensive answer, Andy.
I hadn't comprehended the difference between /updates and -updates before.
On 24/05/12 14:51, Andy Smith wrote:
...
A sources.list for squeeze looks like this:
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze
main
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates
main
deb http://test-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates
main
Replace "squeeze" with "wheezy" for yours (and add on non-free,
contrib etc. if you like).
Yes, except that wheezy doesn't have wheezy-updates yet, only
wheezy-proposed-updates.
cheers
Chris
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Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
24 May
24 May
8:02 p.m.
New subject: Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu package caching
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 01:13:44PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
I'm looking to replace it with apt-cacher-ng but
I'd like to test it
some more first.
[...]
No need to let me know if it works for you, only if it
doesn't work
for you. :)
Actually, I've got a success case that you'd probably be interested
in.
Due to a slight case of using the wrong xterm, I managed to switch
over my desktop machine at home instead of my VPS. I'm happy to report
that it currently works quite cheerfully from an arbitrary location on
the internet. :)
Hugo.
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8:07 p.m.
New subject: Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu package caching
Hi Hugo,
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 09:02:33PM +0100, Hugo Mills wrote:
Due to a slight case of using the wrong xterm, I
managed to switch
over my desktop machine at home instead of my VPS. I'm happy to report
that it currently works quite cheerfully from an arbitrary location on
the internet. :)
Yeah, apt-cacher-ng's access control leaves something to be desired
and basically has to be enforced with iptables.. which I haven't
done yet. :)
Cheers,
Andy
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25 May
25 May
1:09 p.m.
New subject: Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu package caching
On Thu, 24 May 2012, Hugo Mills wrote:
Due to a slight case of using the wrong xterm, I
managed to switch
over my desktop machine at home instead of my VPS. I'm happy to report
that it currently works quite cheerfully from an arbitrary location on
the internet. :)
Surely the apt-cacher is restricted to the BitFolk LAN. Are you using
running your Internet down a VPN to your VPS?
Sean
1:32 p.m.
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Hi Sean,
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 01:09:41PM +0000, Sean Whitton wrote:
On Thu, 24 May 2012, Hugo Mills wrote:
It is.
Due to a slight case of using the wrong xterm, I
managed to switch
over my desktop machine at home instead of my VPS. I'm happy to report
that it currently works quite cheerfully from an arbitrary location on
the internet. :)
Surely the apt-cacher is restricted to the BitFolk LAN. Are you using running your Internet down a VPN to your
VPS?
He was using test-cacher, which isn't yet firewalled off. It will be
before apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com is pointed at it though.
Cheers,
Andy
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29 May
29 May
4:28 a.m.
New subject: Testing out apt-cacher-ng for Debian/Ubuntu package caching
Hi,
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 01:13:44PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
I'm looking to replace it with apt-cacher-ng but
I'd like to test it
some more first.
Thanks for the testing help. "apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com" was
switched over to this about an hour ago.
Cheers,
Andy
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