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Re: apt-get: ftp vs. http



On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:22:46PM +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> 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
>     # 

Then focus on building _one_ package.

( and spent another time in apt repositories
 ( "Packages" and "Packages.gz" are apt stuff
   ( apt was developed after dpkg 
      ( apt is a layer over dpkg )
   )
 )
)


Cheers
Geert Stappers

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