Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> writes: > Apt is configurable in this respect, it just isn't documented yet (see > Bug #376158): > > apt-get update -o Acquire::Pdiffs=false > > or, to make this setting permanent, put the following in > /etc/apt/apt.conf: > > Acquire::PDiffs "false"; Thanks, works much better now. On machines running 24/7 I will put the aptitude update in a cron job, on some other the above option will be more appropriate. urs