Re: apt behaviour with satellite
On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 19:32:16 -0500
"John Davidson" <jwd_ods@monisys.ca> wrote:
> Apt now behaves like wget when installing woody using the rieserfs
3.0.15
> bootfloppies. This means that it no longer works with my one-way
satellite
> connection. Prior to the releease of 3.0.14 bootfloppies this was not
a
> problem and I would regularly get 40KB speeds. Now I get less than
2KB??!
>
> Things improve to about 3.5KB when I use my modem without satellite.
>
> This is the exact performance I get with wget. Has apt been changed
since
> mid-Aug?? If so I will report a critical bug.
>
Why would the speed vary per client ?
If your uing the same protocol (be that http or ftp) then it shouldnt
make any difference which client you use.
debootstrap uses wget to install base, apt-get is a bit big for boot
floppies
Glenn
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