Re: apt-get: ftp vs. http

[Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de>]

Am Mittwoch, 09. Mär 2005, 09:38:33 +0100 schrieb Geert Stappers:
> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:20:06PM +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > The `http' method seems to need a gzipped file
> > `Packages.gz'; the `ftp' method can be satisfied with a
> > plain one. Not very nice.
> 
> `gzip Packages` produces the Packages.gz
> 
> I'm very happy that each time I run `apt-get update` that I'm
> downloading Packages.gz and _not_ the Packages.

I am just learning by building _one_ package:

    # wc -c Packages*
       1409 Packages
        864 Packages.gz
       2273 total
    # 

Bertram

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