>>>>> "AB" == Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> writes: AB> I wonder if these double occurrences are redirects or such. OK I filed bug #695183 . AB> I use it, too, on Sid (but with set to 5) and IIRC there were cases AB> where it downloaded the whole package list. But I didn't understand AB> the way it counts back then either. Hmmm, setting it to 1 seems to make things faster. Not sure why.