Use local pacman cache as repository?

jernst · 2015-01-29 20:01:04

When I install a new Arch system from a running Arch system (e.g. boot off a boot stick, then format hard drive and install) it would be nice to use packages already downloaded instead of downloading them all from scratch from a mirror.

Would save me some downloads, and the mirrors some bandwidth.

But it seems the file structure in the pacman cache, and the file structure of a repository are different. E.g. if

/var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db

actually resided at

/var/lib/pacman/sync/community/community.db

and the package files went from

/var/cache/pacman/pkg/

into that same directory, I could use a pacman.conf that pointed to

file://var/lib/pacman/sync

as my Server, and files already in the cache could be used from there. If I understand that correctly, pacman would automatically fall back to a remote mirror if a file could not be found locally.

Just a thought.

Trilby · 2015-01-29 20:07:45

Have you seen this?

jernst · 2015-01-29 20:11:10

I know it can be made to work :-) this being one way, another being a bunch of symlinks. Just thought it would be nice if it worked out of the box, and outlined how, in case bandwidth is a concern for anybody.

alphaniner · 2015-01-29 20:18:56

Why go to the extent of faking a repo? If the cache dir of the existing install is available locally, just bind mount it to cache dir of the new install (or the cache dir of the running install and use 'pacstrap -c' ). Or have I completely missed the point here?

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#1 2015-01-29 20:01:04

Use local pacman cache as repository?

#2 2015-01-29 20:07:45

Re: Use local pacman cache as repository?

#3 2015-01-29 20:11:10

Re: Use local pacman cache as repository?

#4 2015-01-29 20:18:56

Re: Use local pacman cache as repository?

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