Re: packages built with golang
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 08:28:41AM -0700, Cousin Stanley wrote:
> I was under the impression that
> package information returned by ....
>
> apt-cache show some-package
>
> for packages that I have not installed
> would not be downloaded onto my system
> until I actually requested it.
You are mistaken. All of the information given by apt-cache is retrieved
from the package metadata that is CACHED on your system already. That's
the whole point of the command's name.
The files it uses are in /var/lib/apt/lists/ if you want to look at them.
On my system:
unicorn:~$ grep -A 10 'Package: hugo' /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_bullseye_main_binary-amd64_Packages
Package: hugo
Source: hugo (0.80.0-6)
Version: 0.80.0-6+b5
Installed-Size: 47774
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <team+pkg-go@tracker.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libsass1 (>= 3.6.3), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: git
Description: Fast and flexible Static Site Generator written in Go
Homepage: https://gohugo.io/
Built-Using: go-md2man-v2 (= 2.0.0+ds-5), golang-1.15 (= 1.15.9-6), golang-blackfriday (= 1.6.0-1), [...]
Yours may have a different filename, depending on which mirrors you use.
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