Re: New APT version
On 20 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> I think this is important enough to warrant that the data be
> collected; we can easily write dh_sizeinfo or whatever to create the
> properly formatted du -S file; I shall undertake to write the
> checking method for apt (written using just the essential perl-base
> package).
How do you intend to get the information? Examine the debs after they are
downloaded?
> Is this important to people? I can have the method for apt by
> the weekend. APT itself would need to be modified to call this
> method; but that should be easy.
Maybe we need a /etc/apt/preinst that runparts would be called on. Most
people probably don't care (all the machines I upgrade have lots of space)
Jason
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