Re: APT : Packages file to large to download everytime.
On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> Em Sat, 9 Jun 2001 04:18:43 -0400 (EDT)
> Will Lowe <harpo@thebackrow.net> escreveu:
>
> > > would be a few small files being downloaded but heaps more files being
> > > stat'ed to check if they are new, would havign everyone stat thousands
> >
> > No, then you'd never know when new packages appeared. You'd have to have
> > an ls-lR file of that directory or something, listing each of the little
> > Packages-<package>.gz files and a timestamp or something, and compare
> > them.
> hmmm... what about one Packages for each section? Like main/x11 and
> main/base?
How would this be an improvement over the current situation?
(Not that it's impossible; I just don't see how)
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