Re: Getting Debian updates onto a slow bandwidth system

From: Kjetil Kjernsmo (kjetil_at_kjernsmo.net)
Date: 10/28/05

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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:18:12 +0200

    On fredag 28 oktober 2005, 19:27, celejar@gmail.com wrote:
    > > Is there a possibility to copy all sarge updates
    > > to, say, a usb-drive, takes this home and update the debian
    > > system from this drive.
    > > I have limited bandwith (debian) and I want to use another
    > > host (windows) for this.
    >
    > The Debian package 'apt-zip' does exactly that.

    A somewhat related question: Can jigdo, when building CDs, take the
    updates and replace the packages that has been updated, in the install
    image?

    I'll be doing a clean install next week, where I'll install partly from
    CDs, and don't want to waste bandwidth or space on the CDs for packages
    that will be updated immediately anyway, and there are lots of them
    this time.

    Best,

    Kjetil 

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