[nzlug] apt-proxy like thing for yum

[Cliff Pratt]

Leon Matthews wrote:
>> is there something like apt-proxy for use with YUM on RH/CentOS?
> 
> How about just running Squid HTTP proxy with a big cache and large
> max object size?
> 
> It's not the most elegant or efficient solution, but it works well
> and is useful for more than just RPMs...  We run Squid on a tiny (by
> todays standards) 6GB drive in our office and it works just great for
> all of our Debian updates -- and our web browsing.
> 
I'm not sure that would work. The URLs generated by 'up2date' (I know 
you said 'yum'!) include session information. I believe this is 
specifically to prevent cache sharing.

Cheers,

Cliff