[PLUG] Debian Q: Can you upgrade a system from the /var/cache/apt of another?

[sean at fork.com]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 09:51:58AM -0700, Jason Dagit wrote:
> Do I need to do anything to make his machine have the package list or can
> it build that automagically.

When you run an apt-get update;apt-get upgrade it will a)  get a new
package list, b) look at files in it's archive (which you have
generously mounted using nfs, c) figure out which files it doesn't have
and only download newer files.


Sean