Bug#182349: anna: Should reload packages file if something went wrong last time

[Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.cmu.edu>]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:56:22AM +0100, Martin Sj?gren wrote:
> tis 2003-02-25 klockan 00.25 skrev Matt Kraai:
> > When you rerun anna, you will not get the new Packages file.  The
> > net retriever uses the -c option to wget, which will only append
> > to the existing file.
> > 
> > > Where is this failing? Are you saying that you want an eplicit way to
> > > "re-install this already installed package"?
> > 
> > anna should unlink the Packages file before redownloading to
> > ensure that we retrieve the latest version.  This isn't a problem
> > for udebs because their contents don't change.
> 
> Are we talking about the same thing at all? anna removes the Packages
> file after parsing it:
> 
>         unlink(DOWNLOAD_DIR "/Packages");
> 
> I guess if it fails mid-download you might have an incomplete Packages
> file still there. In that case, I think this is something that should be
> changed in net-retriever.

So we already download the latest Packages file each time?

Thomas, aren't we already doing what you want?

# If the Packages gets updated after the packages.
# The downloaded Packages file can list packages that have been replaced by newer
# versions, the old ones ceasing to be available
# Then a reload (after the Packages file has been adjusted) helps.

Matt
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