X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:56:11 -0800 From: "Joshua Daniel Franklin" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: setting up a local mirror In-Reply-To: <2C8CF743-09C7-434A-9E2A-778B0993B731@winona.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1165373137 DOT 8443 DOT ezmlm AT cygwin DOT com> <7FF7C3E2-479B-4AB1-9476-9FFBF711F92C AT gmail DOT com> <2C8CF743-09C7-434A-9E2A-778B0993B731 AT winona DOT edu> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com OK, I couldn't resist answering one last question before unsubscribing from the list... On 12/5/06, Nathan Moore wrote: > > Cygwin is used extensively within my school's physics department, > > and I'd like to set up a local mirror for packages. I assume this > > entails writing a bash script which downloads all of the source > > packages from an official repository. The script is then run at > > regular (ie crontab scheduled) intervals. Could anyone provide me > > with more information on this task (ie where to download from, how > > often repositories change, how much space will be required, etc)? All the details are in the "Creating a local Cygwin mirror with rsync" section at http://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/package-server.html I don't know the current space requirements, but I'm sure it's many gigabytes. Before you go through the trouble, you may just want to standardize on using an already existing nearby ".edu" mirror site. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/