On 11/03/2010 03:01 AM, Brian Ryans wrote: > Quoting kuLa on 2010-11-01 06:02:50: >>> cat file-list|xargs apt-get -y install >>>> apt-get install `sed "s/\n/ /" /your/listfile` >>> >>>> is much better. >> >> From my experience it's doing lookup only once cause you're passing >> package names only once at start. > > ACK. > >> cat file-list|xargs apt-get -y install > apt-get -y install foo > (read db; grab foo; install foo; write new db) > apt-get -y install bar > (read db; grab bar; install bar; write new db) > apt-get -y install baz > (read db; grab baz; install baz; write new db) This happens only if you pass the -l flag to xargs. Otherwise it passes all at the same time. -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler
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