cache - approx cache directory¶

Specifies the location of the approx cache directory (default: /var/cache/approx). It and all its subdirectories must be owned by the approx server (see also the $user and $group parameters, below.) Optional. Type uniline.

upstream_default value :

/var/cache/approx

interval - file cache expiration in minutes¶

Specifies the time in minutes after which a cached file will be considered too old to deliver without first checking with the remote repository for a newer version. Optional. Type integer.

upstream_default value :

720

max_rate - maximum download rate from remote repositories¶

Specifies the maximum download rate from remote repositories, in bytes per second (default: unlimited). The value may be suffixed with "K", "M", or "G" to indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes per second, respectively. Optional. Type uniline.

max_redirects - maximum number of HTTP redirections¶

Specifies the maximum number of HTTP redirections that will be followed when downloading a remote file. Optional. Type integer.

upstream_default value :

5

user - user that owns the files in the approx cache¶

Optional. Type uniline.

upstream_default value :

approx

group - group that owns the files in the approx cache¶

Optional. Type uniline.

upstream_default value :

approx

syslog - syslog(3) facility to use when logging¶

Optional. Type uniline.

upstream_default value :

daemon

pdiffs - support IndexFile diffs¶

Optional. Type boolean.

upstream_default value :

1

offline - use cached files when offline¶

Specifies whether to deliver (possibly out-of-date) cached files when they cannot be downloaded from remote repositories. Optional. Type boolean.

upstream_default value :

0

max_wait - max wait for concurrent file download¶

Specifies how many seconds an approx(8) process will wait for a concurrent download of a file to complete, before attempting to download the file itself. Optional. Type integer.

upstream_default value :

10

verbose¶

Specifies whether informational messages should be printed in the log. Optional. Type boolean.

upstream_default value :

0

debug¶

Specifies whether debug messages should be printed in the log. Optional. Type boolean.

upstream_default value :

0

distributions - remote repositories¶

The other name/value pairs are used to map distribution names to remote repositories. For example,

  debian     =>   http://ftp.debian.org/debian
  security   =>   http://security.debian.org/debian-security

Use the distribution name as the key of the hash element and the URL as the value . Optional. Type hash of uniline.