Comment # 2 on bug 1204956 from Volker Kuhlmann

Thanks for the pointer to the repo mirror tool, I didn't know it existed. It's
massive overkill, creating complete copies of the 22 repos configured here,
some of which are used for only a few packages (various reasons).

I want to share only those rpms on the LAN that are actually being used by one
of the LAN hosts (e.g. family at home). Making /var/cache/zypp/packages/ a
shared storage location for that would be just fine, sharing by any one of
different local options. It would even work, if zypper wasn't so anti-social.

The security implications are minimal as far as I can see, all packages are
signed so the worst would be more ISP traffic or update errors. I'm not
addressing an enterprise environment.