DPKG suggestion
Ok, there was a thread [1] on curiosa that had lots of talk about old
computers (low ram) running dselect and dpkg, and how it could be
_interminable_. Several people suggested solutions in the thread, I am not
qualified to comment
[1]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-curiosa/2003/debian-curiosa-200301/msg00015.h
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<http://lists.debian.org/debian-curiosa/2003/debian-curiosa-200301/msg00015.
html>
[2]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-curiosa/2003/debian-curiosa-200301/msg00038.h
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<http://lists.debian.org/debian-curiosa/2003/debian-curiosa-200301/msg00038.
html>
[3]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-curiosa/2003/debian-curiosa-200301/msg00048.h
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<http://lists.debian.org/debian-curiosa/2003/debian-curiosa-200301/msg00048.
html>
There whole field of handhelds has very real limitations for memory issues,
so they developed their own dpkg-clone.
[1] http://www.handhelds.org <http://www.handhelds.org>
[2] http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/iPKG
<http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/iPKG>
And in the last week or two here, I've seen at least three people who's
apt-get update died for the same MMAP error.
[1] um, you've seen 'em
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Possible solution 1:
Make memory requirements a medium level configuration option for dpkg.
Possible solution 2:
Make a dpkg-tiny.
Possible solution 3:
Rework ipkg to be compliant with dpkg (available at the handhelds site) (i
have no idea how feasible this is, probably _not_ the best idea, but the
handhelds people might like it ;)
Possible solution 4:
Ignore the low-memory crowd. :(
Possible solutions 5 and beyond:
These solutions are left as an exercise for the reader.
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