Re: little? apt suggestion
> > i also rename the file in /var/state/apt/lists so that it corresponds
> That's a bad idea. It's not guarunteed that all mirrors are in sync --
> some may mirror every day, others once a week. This will lead to apt
> being upset when it tries to download a file that doesn't exist on the new
> mirror site (because the mirror is ahead or behind the previous one)
what i usually do is run an update after the rename anyway, if it's the same
Packages file it doesn't download again, else it does. But what I would do in
the program is do a check before doing the rename, just like apt does a check
before downloading a Packages file.
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