Re: Bits from the RM
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 01:26:57PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> | > debian-installer), more easily automatable (thanks to debconf),
> |
> | Say... if we can still use debconf with d-i, why not keep the mirror list
> | stuff autogenerated on run-time like apt-setup does it, instead of the
> | build-time hardcoding?
>
> Save space. The list is big, about 120k. Even compressed, it is a
> whopping 24.8k. That is just too much.
If you just need what I think you need...
% for i in $(grep-dctrl -F Site -r . -s Site -n <Mirrors.masterlist); do echo $(grep-dctrl -F Site -X $i -s Country -n <Mirrors.masterlist | cut -d\ -f1) http://${i}$(grep-dctrl -F Site -X $i -s Archive-http -n <Mirrors.masterlist) | grep -v http://$i$ ; done | gzip -c | wc -c
2369
That's not that large, is it? :)
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