Re: Dpkg triggers and user experience, aka "How do I disable those triggers" side effect.

[Raphael Geissert <atomo64+debian@gmail.com>]

Franklin PIAT wrote:
> On Sat, June 28, 2008 15:12, Christian Perrier wrote:
>> Indeed, when I run an "apt<whatever> dist-upgrade", I just launch the
>> command, look at the list of actions that are planned, hit "Y" to
>> confirm and just switch to another window and come back some hours
>> later.
> 
> When I run "apt-get install foo", I want it to be damed fast, since I need
> to continue my work.

But wasn't the cronjob actually a resources waster regenerating the database
even when not needed? (note that I don't really know how the cronjob used
to work, I'm guessing here).

Cheers,
Raphael