Re: packages built with golang
On Tue, Mar 15 2022 at 08:28:41 AM, Cousin Stanley <cousinstanley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> 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.
>
> If that is the case then a transmission
> would be happening when one made
> such a request.
>
> Does the Debian package manager
> really download package information
> for all ~59,000 avaiilabel packages
> in anticipation that users will need it
> at sometime in the future ?
>
Yes, this is what happens. See the files in the /var/lib/apt/lists
directory.
> That would be suprising to me.
>
See the description of the update operation in the apt-get manpage.
> <snip>
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regards,
kushal
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