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Re: Packages file under version control



On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 05:10:24PM +1200, Corrin Lakeland wrote:
> However, given the packages.gz file is much smaller than the total files
> being downloaded, is it really worth it?

It is, because of those of us who apt-get update at home, shuffle apt-get
dist-upgrade --print-uris output, feed it into wget on a remote machine, and
then physically relocate to the said machine, copy files faster, and go back
home to use the packages.

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