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Bug#376158: marked as done (Should document apt's new pdiff feature)

Your message dated Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:48:24 +0100
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Package: release-notes
Severity: wishlist

The release notes for Etch should probably mention the new pdiff feature 
in apt, including the way to turn it off:
	Acquire::Pdiffs { "false"; };

Some people have noted that on a fast connection and infrequent apt 
updates, using the pdiffs may actually be slower than getting the whole 
Packages file.

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Hi,

I added to the release notes:
+
+          <sect1 id="apt-pdiff"><heading>Apt downloads small files with update</heading>
+          <p>
+          There has been support added to <prgn>apt</prgn> to download only the difference
+          between packages files. This is handy for people with bad network connections,
+          but people having a very nearby mirror want to disable this feature.
+          One can disable it by adding <tt>Acquire::Pdiffs "false";</tt> to
+          <file>/etc/apt/apt.conf</file>.
+          </p>
+          </sect1>

Please feel free to reopen this bug report in case you think
more/different information should be added to the release notes.


Cheers,
Andi
-- 
  http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/

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