Bug#73690: boot-floppies: apt configuration downloads package lists several times

[Petr Cech <cech@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 07:01:57PM +0000 , Debian User wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: N/A
> Severity: normal
> 
> Installing latest stable (potato) on i386 servers during apt configuration
> after each apt source is added the package list is downloaded from each
> server. Then when dselect is started the package list is downloaded again.

it is? I think dselect only does it when you hit [U]pdate.

> This is no problem when installing on a 100 Meg link with one apt source,
> but is terrible on a shared modem with 4.

and anyway apt caches the Packages file and only downloads it if it's changed

				Petr Cech
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