Re: apt pacgasges.gz caching
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Laszlo, Robert wrote:
> I have 0.3.6, haven't tried the 'unstable' version (0.3.9, I believe)
> Would you please add a feature of caching packkages.gz files' timestamps to
> apt?
> I often change sources.list. Maybe it's just my brain-damage, but it would be
> nice not to d/l the otherwise not changed packages.gz files.
It does cache timestamps, but it has no way of knowing if a new site had
the same package files as the old one, often it is switching because of
outofdateness or corruption.
Jason
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